帝國反抗君 - PowerOp

（好像沒有看到中文網站提到這件事，雖然我不是遊戲咖，還是簡單提一下好了）

ScummVM團隊的 Eugene Sandulenko 在他的網誌發表了：GPL, ScummVM and violations，詳述 ScummVM 發現 Atari 推出的三款 Wii 遊戲，程式碼使用到 ScummVM ，卻違反 GPL ，直到最後和解的歷程。

最畫龍點睛的應該是這張圖：



看到 Freddi Fish 左眼的小黑影 (Glitch) 了嗎？這次 ScummVM 看到黑影就開槍一點也不會冤枉別人，因為這是 ScummVM 0.9.0 版時候的 bug ！

當然，要更多證據的話，從 Atari 遊戲的二進位執行檔還可以撈出一些更直白的文字，像是 "This might be broken -- please report where you encountered this to Fingolfin" or "Tell sev how to reproduce it" ，那個 Fingolfin 跟 sev (Eugene Sandulenko) 都是 ScummVM 開發團隊的核心人物！

ScummVM 團隊向 gpl-violations.org 尋求協助，由該單位的律師提供法律諮詢。因為這三款遊戲有在德國販售，所以最後是向 Atari 德國部門寄出 letter （存證信？律師信？）

Atari 這次其實是 「外包包很大」，引用Eugene Sandulenko 他的網誌：

# Apparently Atari contracted porting work to their long time partner, Majesco Entertainment.
# Majesco Entertainment in turn subcontracted the work to Mistic Software, a Canadian-based game shop
# Mistic Software has its development office in Chernigov, Ukraine, locally presented as Mistic Soft LLC who did the actual work

看到了嗎？ Atari 包給 Majesco Entertainment ， Majesco Entertainment 再包給 Mistic Software ， Mistic Software 再包給他們在烏克蘭的分公司 Mistic Soft LLC ，真的是包很大～～～

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烏克蘭耶，這個 Sev (Eugene) 也是烏克蘭人耶，哇咧。

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根據 Eugene 網誌的說法，本來 Atari 的律師想要善了，但是發現遊戲開發又用到了 Wii SDK ，而 任天堂 是不允許 Wii SDK 跟 開發原始碼軟體 共用的，所以 Atari 不但違反了 GPL （對 ScummVM 而言），也違反了 任天堂 Wii SDK 的授權 Orz......

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所以最後的和解結果是：
開發者 cyx, fingolfin 不再就此事對外發言，發布一份新聞稿（粗體為筆者所加）：

In December 2008, members of the ScummVM team discovered that three games for the Nintendo Wii console ("Freddi Fish: The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds", published in Germany under the name "Fritzi Fisch und der verschwundene Schatz"; "Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside", published in Germany under the name "Pyjama Pit: Keine Angst im Dunkeln"; and "Spy Fox: Dry Cereal", published in Germany under the name "Spy Fox in: Das Milchkartell") made use of ScummVM, without complying with the terms of the GPL license. They sent a warning letter to the German distributor of these games, Atari Deutschland GmbH, who was not aware that ScummVM was used in the creation of the games. Atari Deutschland GmbH established contact with Mistic Software Inc., the developers of the games.

Mistic Software Inc. responded by denying that members of the ScummVM team hold any rights to the particular code they used. The dispute was ultimately settled in May 2009 by Mistic Software Inc. paying all legal fees and making a donation to the Free Software Foundation as a sign of good will, without acknowledging copyright infringement.

嗯，捐錢給 FSF ，支付律師費用，但是沒有承認 copyright infringement :Q

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延伸閱聽：
FLOSS Weekly episode 80 剛好訪問了 Eugene ：FLOSS Weekly 80: ScummVM