On Tuesday 12 September 2006 12:11, rk_aas wrote:
> I have remade RoboWar entirely in C++ (not reviewing the VB source
> code). However, I do not of how copyright issues apply.
> How should i progress in order to publish the source?
> My first idea was that that it should be possible just to upload it
> since RW is open source, but it is distributed under some license (I
> guess), a topic which I know near to nothing about.
> I guess that this situation is different from saying that one has
> updated the code, since this is an entirely new project.

If you've reverse-engineered RoboWar and developed a new version without ever
looking at the original source code, the new program is yours to do as you
like with.

> - I would be very thankful if I could get an explanation from the
> 'authority' of RW (if it exists), without references to multi-megabyte
> textfiles of copyright laws, explaining how I should do to publish the
> code.

If you've made a clean re-implementation of RoboWar, you can publish your code
however you please. As a practical matter, unless you're disclaiming all
copyright, you should stick a copyright statement and a brief summary of the
license terms at the top of each source code file, and include a file that
contains the full text of whatever license you're publishing under.

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Mark Wagner