Contribution to Extras
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Tue Apr 4 11:20:24 UTC 2006
Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> Greetings, I've just finished a 2D shooter game "Space Invaders" [...]
>> The game can be downloaded as either source or binary from my site at:
>> www.victorsk.webhop.org
> [snip]
>
> FYI, Star Control 2 (which you mention on the game's site as the source for
> your graphics) hasn't been forgotten. It has been GPLed and renamed to "Ur-Quan
> Masters" because of trademark licensing issues (the people who own the game's
> code only had a license to the "Star Control" trademark and so couldn't use it
> for the GPL release), and it's even available in Extras (yum install uqm). In
> other words, you're lucky because this means you'll probably get away with
> "borrowing" its graphics for your game.
>
> Kevin Kofler
Good catch, Victor this does mean that your code must be licensed under
the GPL.
Regards,
Hans
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