[openttd-devel] Fwd: Re: (Open)TTD Graphics

[{= V. SW =} <web...@hc...>]

------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------
Van: "Simon Foster" <si...@bl...>
Aan: "{= ValHallA SW =}" <web...@hc...>
Onderwerp: Re: (Open)TTD Graphics
Datum: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:10:19 +0100

Thank you for your enquiry. I do not own the rights to the graphics for  
TTD.
I suggest you contact http://www.marjacq.com/home/home.htm for further
clarification on copyright issues. As for me contributing to the graphics;
well, that's how I make my living and provide for my family, so I have to
pursue paying contracts which take up most of my time. But I wish you luck
with your endeavours.

Simon Foster

----- Original Message -----
From: "{= ValHallA SW =}" <web...@hc...>
To: <si...@bl...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:00 PM
Subject: (Open)TTD Graphics


> Dear Mr. Foster,
>
> On behalf of all players of both the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe  
> and the players of OpenTTD [1], I would like to ask you a few questions  
> about the graphics used.
> TTD, published in 1995, is one of the few games from that time that are  
> still played today. With TTDPatch to remove a lot of the problems and  
> OpenTTD as a complete open-source remake, it is getting more and more  
> alive, especially with the multiplayer options.
> However, licencing restrictions of Microprose prevent the OpenTTD  
> developers from distributing the graphics with the remake at this point.  
> As no-one in the community exactly knows who is the official owner of  
> the copyright, I would like to ask you still are the copyright holder of  
> the graphics, or if you are allowed to licence others to use them.
> If you are allowed to, I would like to ask you to allow the OpenTTD  
> developers to distribute the graphics with the game.
> If you are not, it would be very much appreciated if you would join the  
> graphics artists creating new 32bpp graphics [2].
> Either way you would obviously get an ever greater eternal fame;  
> However, as the OpenTTD team consists of only volunteers, a financial  
> compensation for your work probably is not possible.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> *my real name*
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> [1] http://www.openttd.org
> [2] http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Enhanced_GFX_replacement