--- In robowar@yahoogroups.com, Mark <mark.wagner17@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Mark Wagner
>

Sounds good. Thanks for your answer.