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Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games?

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games?
Date 2015-06-21 23:58 +0300
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <87r3p4ok2d.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> (permalink)
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Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>:

> In a message of Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:32:46 -0700, "C.D. Reimer" writes:
>
>>Do I need to release my scripts under a license? If so, which one?
>
> You should, because if you don't you could pop up some day and assert
> copyright and sue the hell out of people who use your code, which
> means that many people won't touch it until you license it.

Converting BASIC games to Python results in derived works, which are
under the original copyright of the BASIC games.

From the given link:

   BASIC Computer Games is copyright © 1978 by David H. Ahl, and is
   posted on www.atariarchives.org with permission. Do not redistribute,
   mirror, or copy this online book.

So a license from David H. Ahl is required before publishing Python
translations.

As for licensing one's own code, you can grant a license (or several),
or you could place your code in the public domain.


Marko

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Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-21 22:00 +0200
  Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-21 23:58 +0300
    Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-21 15:28 -0600
      Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-22 01:13 +0300
      Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-22 12:27 +1000
        Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-21 22:23 -0600
        Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-22 14:45 +1000
        Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-22 11:20 +0200
    Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-06-22 01:02 +0300
      Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? "C.D. Reimer" <chris@cdreimer.com> - 2015-06-21 16:54 -0700
        Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-22 12:17 +1000
      Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-22 12:01 +1000
    Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-21 16:01 -0600
    Re: Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-06-21 23:35 +0100

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