Hi Jason,
I hereby release the 2xSaI, Super2xSaI, and SuperEagle algorithms, old and new, both C/C++
and assembly implementations where applicable, under the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or (at the users' option) any later version.
Hope that clears things up.
--- On Mon, 10/19/09, Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4(a)gmail.com>
Subject: License of 2xSai family of image scaling algorithms (was: 2xSai has an unclear
license ...)
To: "Derek Liauw" <derekl666(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: fedora-legal-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 12:37 PM
Thanks for clearing that up: it
will prevent Fedora and Debian from
having to spend time manually patching ScummVM and other
software to
remove 2xSai from them. These distros are very strict
and insist that
all parts of all software they ship be open-source.
I did more research and I see that Super 2xSai and Super
Eagle are
also written by you. I either didn't know this fact,
or forgot it
when I emailed you. Do you also hereby release all
versions of them,
old and new, and any other scaling algorithms you've
written (if any
others exist) under the GNU General Public License, version
2 or (at
the users' option) any later version?
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Derek Liauw <derekl666(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> 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][(a)][g][m][a][i][l][.][c][o][m]
>
> Remove brackets...
>
> --- On Tue, 10/13/09, Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> From: Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4(a)gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: 2xSai has an unclear license and may
be removed from a number of programs in Fedora Linux
>> To: "Derek Liauw" <derekl666(a)yahoo.com>,
"Derek Liauw Kie Fa" <derek-liauw(a)usa.net>,
"Robert J. Ohannessian" <voidstar(a)ifrance.com>
>> 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(a)redhat.com
>> or
>> debian-legal(a)lists.debian.org.
>> 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?h...
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Derek Liauw
<derekl666(a)yahoo.com>
>> 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(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Jason A. Spiro <jasonspiro4(a)gmail.com>
>> >> 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(a)usa.net>,
>> "Derek Liauw Kie Fa" <derekl666(a)yahoo.com>,
>> "Robert J. Ohannessian" <voidstar(a)ifrance.com>
>> >> 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(a)usa.net
>> >>
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/
>>
>
>
>
>
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