Re: NiMUD 5 Re-released Under AL/GPL
Quoted from his Google project page:
That transformative work language is a crock of **** as there's not a single thing I've been able to find that indicates it's even a valid concept in copyright law, US or otherwise. Google search comes up with nothing but proposals from some wackjobs who want to allow fan-fic writers to steal income from the franchises they derive their works from and deprive the original authors of their rights. there's not a single viable link into a law reference or court prescedent anywhere I can find that would qualify what he's done as "fair use" under any interpretation.
However, it appears as though nobody gives a **** and I'm merely wasting my time even raising objection to this. The signal is being sent loud and clear - apparently Vryce style code theft is endorsed widely because that's precisely what we have here.
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