Licensing an Abandonware Game? 148
WolverineOfLove writes "I'm recreating a 1980s abandonware game with copyrights that have been seemingly unused for the past 18 years. The situation is detailed further in a Slashdot journal entry I just wrote, but in short: Is it worth dealing with all the copyrights and paying money if I want to recreate an abandonware title as an open source game? I know there are legal implications to certain decisions I might make, but there is a real possibility that this game's copyright holder will do nothing with the rights, and I'd much prefer preserving it for others than letting it fade away."
Makes one wonder... (Score:4, Funny)
What would 3DRealms do if someone just went ahead and wrote / released an open source version of Duke Nukem Forever.
Re:Makes one wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
Duke Sue'em Forever
imo (Score:4, Funny)
imo instead of bionic commando it should be bionic fartmando. instead of having a bionic arm you eat cans of super beans and fart to kill enemies. you also fart to jump, so the amount of beans you eat means that your jumps are limited. so to clear levels in the best way you have to conserve your farts and figure out how to do the least jumping. anyway bionic fartmando. code it up and i'll buy it. also i'll buy a second copy for my son marticock.
WSL3
Re:Makes one wonder... (Score:4, Funny)
What would 3DRealms do if someone just went ahead and wrote / released an open source version of Duke Nukem Forever.
Make them an offer?
Re:Start a company - limit your personal liability (Score:3, Funny)
Re:SDINAL (Score:5, Funny)
But nothing. You're asking a legal question, you need to go to a legal expert. Slashdotters are not legal experts, they just think they are, and their advice is worse than useless.
Goes to show what you know! We think we're experts at EVERYTHING, not just law. And we're pedantic and petty! We know it better than you do and your spelling sux and your mother ate worms! And we're abusive. I'll demonstrate: Get it right, loser!
(Anyone who mods this as anything other than humour is a complete moron).
Won't work ... (Score:4, Funny)
... It would never come out and I'm out of gum..
1980s abandonware copyrights unused for 18 years (Score:5, Funny)
Gosh, you are trying to code Duke Nukem Forewer on your own ????
Re:Makes one wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
What would 3DRealms do if someone just went ahead and wrote / released an open source version of Duke Nukem Forever.
They would probably announce that they'll sue you soon if you don't stop this. However, the actual sue date would be shifted to the future indefinitely. :-)
Re:imo (Score:5, Funny)
Never before have alcohol and an Internet connection come together to make something this funny.
Re:1980s abandonware copyrights unused for 18 year (Score:4, Funny)
"I'll rip your L shape off and shit down your T shape"?