Point and Click Adventures on Wii Violate GPL, Nintendo's Rules

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http://sev-notes.blogspot.com/2009/06/gpl-scummvm-and-violations.html

Remember when Atari ported Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, and Spy Fox to Wii? If you're looking for a way to play them on Wii without homebrew, you might want to act fast. Atari used a homebrew port of ScummVM (lets you play Point and Click games) in thier games.

  • There is a GPL violation (their denial has to be proven in a court, strings in executables and the bug above clearly show it)
  • Atari could not release source codes because of Nintendo NDA
  • Atari could not put GPL clause because of Nintendo NDA
There is a period of time in which all current copies have to be sold. Any copies beyond this period or any reprints get fined with quite high fine for each new/remaining copy. The remaining stock has to be destroyed. There will be no single usage of ScummVM for any of upcoming games without our knowledge. Atari makes a significant donation to Free Software Foundation. Atari covers all expenses on gpl-violations.org lawyers.
 
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