From ada33178ba1e9496453e18e097634a2fefa45e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jgreet Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:39:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] RAD Game Tools --- 2012-12-27-rad-game-tools.markdown | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2012-12-27-rad-game-tools.markdown diff --git a/2012-12-27-rad-game-tools.markdown b/2012-12-27-rad-game-tools.markdown new file mode 100644 index 000000000..33f14e1be --- /dev/null +++ b/2012-12-27-rad-game-tools.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +To whom it may concern: + +I am writing to request that you remove portions of copyrighted code that is posted upon your site at the +address: + +https://github.com/Dhelayan/plLayerBink + +The code in question references RAD Game Tools’ copyrighted code (copyright 1997-2012) for using our +Bink video codec SDK. + +A bit of background: Cyan Worlds release their Myst engine as open source in 2011. Cyan Worlds had +been a Bink licensee for the original, non-open source Myst, however, they erred when they released, and +accidentally included sample code for using Bink, which was copied almost verbatim from the Bink SDK +help file. Cyan World’s license specifically prohibited them from releasing this code. When we at RAD +discovered this breach in December, 2012, we contacted Cyan, who in turn reached out to their open source +community and asked everyone to remove the infringing material. Almost everyone in the community did +their best to honor RAD’s copyrights, but in monitoring the conversation at + +http://forums.openuru.org/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=848&start=50 + +I discovered that one user in particular has posted the material at GitHub, and also noted on his page there: + +“plLayerBink + +You remove it, i add it.” + +Therefore we at RAD Game Tools, Inc., owner of the copyrighted software in question, ask that you +remove the code. I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the +infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law. + +I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the +copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that ls allegedly +infringed. + +I can be reached at the number on this sheet, or at [private]. + +Thanks for your help, + +[private] +RAD GAME TOOLS, INC. \ No newline at end of file