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Comment on TIL there is an open source port of Prince of Persia

echo64@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

So it’s not quite as clear cut as this. This is why even nintendo disassembly projects survive. There are allowances for this kind of thing.

repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?articl… is a good representation of the legalities around disassemblies

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woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

So it’s not quite as clear cut as this.

You cannot change the license of a derivative work. That part is clear cut.

I cannot take a Harry Potter book, use Google Translate to translate it into another language, polish up the result by hand, and then claim it as my work at slap whatever license I like on it.

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- lambdabeta@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If you read the linked document, it outlines how reverse engineering may fall under a certain level of fair use, e.g. for reasearch and/or backup/archival purposes.
  
  It really isn’t as clear-cut as it seems at first.
  
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  - woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes, fair use and such. But slapping the GPL on the result is not fair use and archival. That you cannot do.
    
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    echo64@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Your changes can be gpl licensed, similar to how a rom hack can be licensed however you want.
    
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