Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …
I know the OpenTTD folks have been trying to deflect any ire from being directed at Atari, but man… fuck Atari for forcing them off of Steam and GOG. I really don’t think they have any legal leg to stand on and are just saber rattling to scare the OpenTTD folks into submission.
I’ve only recently and briefly looked into the US law on reverse engineering, which is what OpenTTD were initially doing — and apparently the EULA overrides the law in that case, while a lot of software has stock statements in the EULA that forbid reverse engineering.
I know the OpenTTD folks have been trying to deflect any ire from being directed at Atari, but man… fuck Atari for forcing them off of Steam and GOG. I really don’t think they have any legal leg to stand on and are just saber rattling to scare the OpenTTD folks into submission.
I’ve only recently and briefly looked into the US law on reverse engineering, which is what OpenTTD were initially doing — and apparently the EULA overrides the law in that case, while a lot of software has stock statements in the EULA that forbid reverse engineering.
What’s OpenTTD? How is this comment related to the article or the topic? Not being confrontational, just curious…
Edit: it’s an open source version of a transport tycoon game.