Comment on TIL there is an open source port of Prince of Persia
woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 months agoSo 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.
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.
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.
echo64@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your changes can be gpl licensed, similar to how a rom hack can be licensed however you want.