Re: AW: [ttdpatch] Comment About OpenTTD

[GB <gbfoto@(domain hidden)>]

Well, I play both. I love new features from OTTD, but I can't forget
TTDPatch multiples train acceleration and track over tunel.

gb


2008/2/23, Fabrik Silva <fabrik.silva@(domain hidden)>:
>
> I think they shouldnt be so wary about the copyrights issue when most
> (if not all) the people who's currently playing does it with either
> the Patch or the OpenTTD. Why caring so much about a copyright that
> saw its heyday back in 1994?
>
> On 2/23/08, Csaba Varga <csaboka@(domain hidden)> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm just wondering, how was OTTD built? Was it rebuilt from scratch based on
> > > information from reverse-engineering of the original game?
> >
> > It was created from the disassembly of the original TTD executable.
> > This means that it may not have been legal to put it under the GPL
> > license.
> >
> > We've had this discussion already on TT-Forums, in fact, it was long
> > ago. There are some people who refuse to play OTTD because it may have
> > been created illegally, but the majority either don't know about it or
> > don't care about it. My personal opinion is that the current copyright
> > owner of TTD is unlikely to do anything about this (especially that no
> > one seems to be sure who exactly owns the copyright), so it is safe
> > not to care about this. (*)
> >
> > Regards
> > Csaba Varga
> >
> > (*) I am not a lawyer, so this wasn't legal advice.
> >
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gb