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Yeah, the author's "Copyright (C) 2013-2021 Dávid Nagy" seems ridiculous and meaningless. I can see the appeal of a project like this, but the author's pretendi

by gspr 5y ago

Yeah, the author's "Copyright (C) 2013-2021 Dávid Nagy" seems ridiculous and meaningless. I can see the appeal of a project like this, but the author's pretending that that copyright and the GPL licensing mean anything isn't helpful.

rob74 5y ago
IANAL either, but I suppose the situation here is similar as with "abandonware": as long as the original publisher/copyright holder doesn't protest, old software is made available on various download sites. Of course, with a project like this, if the copyright holder would intervene, a lot more work would go down the drain, and claiming your own copyright without explicitly mentioning the original copyright is definitely not helping...
- hermitdev 5y ago
  > but I suppose the situation here is similar as with "abandonware" I don't know if this would hold up. Prince of Persia IP is far from dead or abandoned. I know it's not exhaustive, but a quick search on IMDB [0] shows a movie in 2010, and a video game as recently as 2008. Just because this particular game is old, doesn't mean the IP/Trademark is dead. Personally, I'd be wary of a legal battle, even though I think the project is pretty interesting. [0] https://www.imdb.com/find?q=prince+of+persia&ref_=nv_sr_sm https://www.imdb.com/find?q=prince+of+persia&ref_=nv_sr_sm
  - rob74 5y ago
    Again, IANAL, but that's not really relevant. The old Super Mario games for Game Boy and SNES can be downloaded from various abandonware sites, while the Mario franchise is still ongoing. As long as Nintendo is Ok with that, that's not a problem. The original Prince of Persia is also available as "abandonware" and can even be played in the browser (https://www.retrogames.cz/play_102-DOS.php?language=EN https://www.retrogames.cz/play_102-DOS.php?language=EN)
    - gspr 5y ago
      Even if Nintendo is OK with that (are they really?), that does not mean that someone else can grab one of those copies and claim copyright on it! That's what the author of the reverse-engineered Prince of Persia seems to be doing.

by gspr 5y ago

rob74 5y ago

IANAL either, but I suppose the situation here is similar as with "abandonware": as long as the original publisher/copyright holder doesn't protest, old software is made available on various download sites. Of course, with a project like this, if the copyright holder would intervene, a lot more work would go down the drain, and claiming your own copyright without explicitly mentioning the original copyright is definitely not helping...

hermitdev 5y ago
> but I suppose the situation here is similar as with "abandonware" I don't know if this would hold up. Prince of Persia IP is far from dead or abandoned. I know it's not exhaustive, but a quick search on IMDB [0] shows a movie in 2010, and a video game as recently as 2008. Just because this particular game is old, doesn't mean the IP/Trademark is dead. Personally, I'd be wary of a legal battle, even though I think the project is pretty interesting. [0] https://www.imdb.com/find?q=prince+of+persia&ref_=nv_sr_sm https://www.imdb.com/find?q=prince+of+persia&ref_=nv_sr_sm
- rob74 5y ago
  Again, IANAL, but that's not really relevant. The old Super Mario games for Game Boy and SNES can be downloaded from various abandonware sites, while the Mario franchise is still ongoing. As long as Nintendo is Ok with that, that's not a problem. The original Prince of Persia is also available as "abandonware" and can even be played in the browser (https://www.retrogames.cz/play_102-DOS.php?language=EN https://www.retrogames.cz/play_102-DOS.php?language=EN)
  - gspr 5y ago
    Even if Nintendo is OK with that (are they really?), that does not mean that someone else can grab one of those copies and claim copyright on it! That's what the author of the reverse-engineered Prince of Persia seems to be doing.