On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 05:35:34AM -0600, Ted Roby wrote: Look, You gave no indication if you actually bothered to track down the author or discuss relicensing with the author. Enough people don't think "Maybe I should ask the author." You also gave a less than clear indication of "I really liked this original implementation, and I'm looking for others interested in re-implementing under less restrictive licensing."
So let's drill through things. 1) Did you actually attempt to track down who might be using a umplawny email address at university of manitoba during the time frame? 2) Did you come across the same plawny that is working for EA? 3) Did you actually bother to contact him care of EA (Because when he was hired at EA, he probably had to declare previous work and may or may not have transferred rights to EA). You are the one interested in resurrecting this beast. The onus is you to either track down someone with the right to change the license, or else be the point of first blame in seeing if the author will actually enforce the copyright. If neither appeals to you, then it's time to clearly ask for advice on how to reimplement the behavior in an unencumbered fashion. As for the personal attacks, you can print off this email, fold it until it's all corners, and shove it up your ass. -- Chris Dukes
