Hi all,
recently I came across a reverse-engineered Space Cadet clone (the Windows XP game) [1] .
An according WNPP bug was filed some time ago [2] .
I'm unsure whether the program could be redistributed because it's just reverse-engineered or not at all because it was derived from a non-free source. See [3] for some details. The project states that "C pseudo code [from decompliation] ... was
converted to C++ ...".
From #debian-devel:
" I'm not quite sure, but I would think that either a reverse engineered codebase does *not* infringe the original's copyright, in which case it can be shipped (in main even, I'd say), or it *does* infringe, in which case it cannot be shipped at all (not
even in non-free)."
I'd like to ask some guidance on this. Imho this would make a nice addition to debian (if it is legally possible).
Regards
Matthias Geiger
[1]
https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
[2]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001894
[3]
https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/issues/1
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<div>Hi all,<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">recently I came across a reverse-engineered Space Cadet clone (the Windows XP game) [1] .<br></div><div dir="auto">An according WNPP bug was filed some time ago [2] .<br></div><div dir=
"auto">I'm unsure whether the program could be redistributed because it's just reverse-engineered or not at all because it was derived from a non-free source. See [3] for some details. The project states that "C pseudo code [from decompliation] ... was
converted to C++ ...".<br></div><div dir="auto">From #debian-devel:<br></div><div dir="auto">" <span dir="auto" class="">I'm not quite
sure, but I would think that either a reverse engineered codebase does
*not* infringe the original's copyright, in which case it can be shipped
(in main even, I'd say), or it *does* infringe, in which case it cannot
be shipped at all (not even in non-free)."</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'd like to ask some guidance on this. Imho this would make a nice addition to debian (if it is legally possible).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><
div dir="auto">Regards<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Matthias Geiger<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">[1] <a href="
https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball">https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball</a><br></
<div dir="auto">[2] <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001894">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001894</a><br></div><div dir="auto">[3] <a href="https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/issues/1">https://
github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball/issues/1</a><br></div> </body>
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