Prince of Persia open-source port based on the DOS version disassembly

Re:Prince of Persia open-source port based on the DOS versio... by Liquid_Fire on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @05:04AM (#29316204)

IANAL but I agree, I can't see how this doesn't violate the copyright of the original.

Same with OpenRCT2, which I've heard is also based on the disassembled original, yet people seem to turn a blind eye.

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Re:Prince of Persia open-source port based on the DOS versio... by duncanspumpkin on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @07:32AM (#29317051)

For OpenRCT2 I just used a debugger Ollydbg to be precise. As it was hand written assembly disassemblers produced nonsense output.

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Re:Prince of Persia open-source port based on the DOS versio... by me_me_me on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @05:40AM (#29316352)

Based on, but as far I remember it was rewritten rather then copied.

To be honest, the should claim same with PoP and I don't see any solicitor suing them, as it would be too much hustle to prove its a code copy instead of inspired by.

Wow that is really sad, we live in the world where this is even a discussion. Where a love project that will not be commercialized has to think about this bs :(

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