gpl violation in rocksndiamonds program

[Arnt Karlsen]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:47:56 +0200, Clemens wrote in message 
<4A66B61C.20403 at ladisch.de>:

> dave dave wrote:
> > hi i think there is a gpl violation in the program rocksndiamonds
> > http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/ where the author has
> > incorporated copyright code not compatible with the GPL into his GPL
> > program. the code he has used is in the source archive, where code
> > in the directory game_em/ is not compatible with the GPL.
> 
> What code, exactly?  I downloaded the package, and the source code in
> that directory looks OK at first glance.
> 
> > is it a real violation and what can be done if it is?
> 
> If there actually is some code that was not GPL-licensed by its
> copyright holder, that person can enforce his rights by using the
> sanctions and remedies specified in copyright law.

..that person can also decide to enforce his copyright by 
granting artsoft.org a license to pass on that license under 
e.g. "GPLv3-and-later-and-not-GPLv2-or-earlier." ;o)

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