--- digger-20020314/digger.txt~ 2002-03-15 07:50:20.000000000 +0100 +++ digger-20020314/digger.txt 2007-03-09 15:04:01.000000000 +0100 @@ -340,11 +340,18 @@ A: It does, it just doesn't do what you you an hour's play with as many lives as you like, after which time you will probably be bored anyway. - Q: Is this legal? -A: Strictly speaking, no. According to intellectual property law, a work - copyrighted by a company continues to be copyrighted for 75 years. +A: Yes! Recently the original author of Digger, Rob Sleath, contacted me. + He no longer owns the copyright to Digger (or the other games) but he did + retain the right to use the code for development of other products. He + considers Digger Remastered to be another product, and has granted me + copyright to Digger Remastered, which I have chosen to license under the + GNU GPL. + + My distributing of the original games is, strictly speaking, not legal. + According to intellectual property law, a work copyrighted by a company + continues to be copyrighted for 75 years. I have no moral objections to violating Windmill software's copyright by re-releasing the game, and I feel you should have no moral objections to