From: James <jha...@sk...> - 2001-04-05 13:06:59
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on 4/5/01 6:13 AM, Nick Rolfe at nr...@nt... wrote: > I can see why you'd want him to ask permission first, but I'm slightly > baffled as to why you don't want people to play the scenario on A1/SDL It states very clearly in the read me for Tempus that permission must be asked for the scenario to be redistributed in any form. Its not even vague on that point. Apparently Mr. Caroon converts read mes, ADDS stuff to them, etc, but never actually reads them. For that reason I asked him to remove Tempus from his site. The normal thing for Mr. Caroon to do would have been to apologize, explain what he is about, etc. I currently still have no idea what was changed or not in MY work, because Mr. Caroon has chosen not to speak with me at all. Check out this news item from Dec. 13th, 2000 from his website: > I've been trying to find out whether or not it is legal to distribute the > patched data files from Total Conversion scenarios like Red, Evil, the new > Marathon 1 for Infinity and the like. I found out that it is if a few simple > rules are followed. > > 1. No money changes hands (this means no CD compilations, either) > 2. Bungie is explicitly credited with copyrights in all documentation > 3. If they choose to distribute their revamped Bungie stuff with an Aleph One > app, they must make clear that the GPL that covers the Aleph One app does NOT > apply to the copyrighted Bungie content in the art/sound/map/etc. files. > > I will be making the proper additions to the readme files for the downloads > on this site VERY soon. Until then, I'm taking those downloads off the site. > I promise to have them back up by the end of the week. So basically he states right here that he is adding GPL information to other's read me files without their permission. He specifically mentions Marathon Evil, and I know for a fact that Randall Shaw had no knowledge of this guy's activities, because he was quite surprised about it when I told him his scenario was posted there. Randall emailed Mr. Caroon in the same tone I did, and got an immediate response, and an explanation of what he was doing, how and why. Randall then granted the permission Mr. Caroon NEEDS to post the scenario. I was granted no such courtesy. > because that seems to be what you're suggesting. Please tell me I'm wrong. I am in the process of creating an enhanced Aleph One version, with a great deal of attention paid to cross platform compatibility. Perhaps you've noticed me posting on the list from time to time with questions? > As far as I can tell, the only modifications he has made have been to the > format of the files, leaving the actual content intact. Not everyone who > plays A1/SDL has the ability to convert original scenarios in to a format > which makes them playable on non-mac platforms. News to me. You see, nobody bothered to contact me or any other member of the Nardo team to see if this was something WE wanted, or to explain the process, or anything else. > It seems to me like he's providing a valuable service to the Marathon > community. At this point, based on his behavior, I would have to disagree. At least in my case, he is not operating in good faith. He is not working in cooperation with the scenario authors whose work he is "sharing" and based on my experience with him thus far, I wish to have no such dealings with him in the future. Since it is the fruit of MY efforts, I guess I have the final say in how it is to be distributed, where, at what time, and in what form. |