To whomever it may concern, Given the confusion (see mail history) on some license issue I wrote some time ago. I hereby release all versions of 2xSai, old and new, under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (at your option) any later version. I did in fact give the ZSNES and probably some other projects permission a long time ago (don't remember exactly when, but probably when it was either first featured or it went from closed source -> GPL), but I guess it wasn't documented as such in the history. For future reference you probably can ping me. [d][e][r][e][k][.][l][i][a][u][w][@][g][m][a][i][l][.][c][o][m] Remove brackets... --- On Tue, 10/13/09, Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 2xSai has an unclear license and may be removed from a number of programs in Fedora Linux > To: "Derek Liauw" <derekl666@xxxxxxxxx>, "Derek Liauw Kie Fa" <derek-liauw@xxxxxxx>, "Robert J. Ohannessian" <voidstar@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 4:00 AM > Thanks for your reply Derek. > > 1. > > What's your new email address? > I don't check this e-mail often but it's still "in use". Now if yahoo had a forward feature I would use it, but alas... > 2. > > It would be very helpful if I could write to that email > address and CC > a public mailing list. This might cause you to get > more email about > 2xSaI. [ You don't have to reply to all the emails; > if need be, you > can just reply with the three words "Sorry, I'm busy". :) > ] May I > please do that CC'ing, even though your new email address > will then > become public? > > 3. > > Can I forward emails we have sent to each other to public > mailing > lists or forums? > > 4. > > I looked for a public Snes9x source repository but its repo > is > actually nonpublic, and Snes9x is under a "non-commercial > use only" > freeware license.[1] In zsnes's public repo 2xsai.cpp > is there[2] in > the "deleted files" section of /src/video, but there's no > comment, > even in the revision log[3], that you gave this > permission. So I fear > that people will incorrectly think ZSNES relicensed your > code without > your permission. Plus, there are multiple versions of > 2xSaI floating > around. > > Considering both these points, I think the best thing to do > is to > reply to this message with a permission notice. > Please CC it to a > public mailing list like fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx > or > debian-legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Either one is fine, but pick only one. > Pick according to your distro preference, or pick > fedora-legal-list > if you don't care. Write the words "I hereby release > all versions of > 2xSai, old and new, under the GNU General Public License, > version 2 or > (at your option) any later version". > > Kind regards, > -Jason > > ^ [1]. http://www.snes9x.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=4334 > ^ [2]. http://zsnes.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/zsnes/zsnes/src/video/?hideattic=0 > ^ [3]. http://zsnes.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/zsnes/zsnes/src/video/2xsai.cpp?hideattic=0&view=log > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Derek Liauw <derekl666@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Wow, > > > > It's been at least 11 years since I wrote the code and > at least 7 years since > > I checked this e-mail lol... So just saw this > (somewhat old) by chance. So > > hope this still helps. > > > > To be honest I don't care what happens to the code > anymore? > > > > Whatever .zip file is around is probably from my old > xoom/usa.net website. > > > > If I remember correctly I agreed that newer versions > of the code could be > > released under GPL with ZSNES a long time ago (which I > integrated and agreed > > with the original author "_zsKnight"). > > > > And yes I probably neglected to update all > pre-existing files/my abandoned > > website and such. > > > > My bad, but 1. I don't think my website exists > anymore. 2. If it does exist > > I probably don't know how to update it and the .zip > distro. 3. I haven't > > felt like making a new website for quite a while :P 4. > I consider ZSNES or > > the Snes9x projects as the new "source" of the > file(s), since those are newer > > versions / I more or less integrated them there, and I > assume the files > > source files already have a GPL license. (my memory > isn't that great). > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> From: Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: 2xSaI has an unclear license and may be > removed from a number of programs in Fedora Linux > >> To: "Derek Liauw Kie Fa" <derek-liauw@xxxxxxx>, > "Derek Liauw Kie Fa" <derekl666@xxxxxxxxx>, > "Robert J. Ohannessian" <voidstar@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 11:06 PM > >> Hi, > >> > >> Derek's website[1] has a downloadable copy of > 2xSaI > >> available for > >> download. The text of the website says "GPL", > but the > >> readme file > >> says something contradictory: > >> > >> 2xSaI Utility v0.7 Copyright (c) > >> Derek Liauw Kie Fa, 1999 > >> Comments, Suggestions, Questions, Bugs etc.: derek-liauw@xxxxxxx > >> http://members.xoom.com/derek_liauw/ > >> This program is free for non-commercial use. > >> > >> Is the program GPLed (which means it is free to > sell, > >> modify, and > >> more), or is it merely free for non-commercial > use? > >> If it is GPLed, > >> then Derek, could you please update the zipfile to > say so, > >> and email > >> me the updated file? > >> > >> If you do not answer, then Fedora Linux may have > to rip out > >> 2xSaI from > >> many programs included on the Fedora DVD. This > will > >> be a lot of work, > >> and will make those programs worse. :) This > is > >> because Fedora does > >> not allow software which is only free for > non-commercial > >> use on their > >> DVD. They require that the DVD be allowed to be > >> sold. > >> > >> Note that I don't represent or volunteer for > Fedora. > >> I am just > >> telling you their policies. > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> -Jason Spiro > >> > >> ^ [1]. http://web.archive.org/elektron.its.tudelft.nl/~dalikifa/ > _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
