License of the source code

[Trilarion]

Hi,

The headers of the source file say "It is free software provided without warranty in the interests of education and software preservation.". I'm not sure what this exactly would mean.

• Is it compatible with the MIT or GPL license?
• How did the translation took place? There is a conversion document but I'm not sure if all the code was just recreated or if it's more like a disassembly? If it was more like a disassembly, can it become free software? Did the original authors maybe give their consent?

Kind regards

[dpt]

Hi Trilarion,

There's no license on the project since I'm unable to offer any guarantees in that regard.

The code was disassembled from an image of the original game in this project here then converted to C.

It was abandonware for most of the time I was actively working on it, then in 2018 it appeared for sale on Steam indicating that someone has acquired those rights. However, that conflicts with some of the information I received from the game's author.

I wrote something about it over here.

Regards,
Dave