Cybergoth Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Hi there! Please help me with these questions: Assuming I was offered the original source of an Epyx game, could publishing this online possibly cause any severe legal troubles for me or the author? How long is an NDA valid? Is an NDA still valid, after the company who requested it was bought by another comapny? Are there exceptions like publishing 15+ year old sources for "studying purposes" only? Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadenut Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 Hi there! Please help me with these questions: Assuming I was offered the original source of an Epyx game, could publishing this online possibly cause any severe legal troubles for me or the author? How long is an NDA valid? Is an NDA still valid, after the company who requested it was bought by another comapny? Are there exceptions like publishing 15+ year old sources for "studying purposes" only? Greetings, Manuel Talk to a lawyer. You will need a copy of the NDA and you'll want to find out who owns the copyright on the source. NDA's are usually limited to a specific time-frame (like 1 year after leaving the company). If Epyx was bought by another company, then it is likely that they own the Copyright to that source code. If that is true, you could get in legal trouble for publishing it, no matter what your justification is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 You should take a close look at the NDA, if there is no time limit attached you are probably screwed. The only thing you can do then is contact the people that bought EPYX and ask them for permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted October 18, 2002 Share Posted October 18, 2002 The current owner of Epyx, as it were, would be Infogrames. I'm not a lawyer, and for sure I wouldn't take my own advice, but thus far Infogrames has been pretty kind to the classic gaming community. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 19, 2002 Author Share Posted October 19, 2002 Hi there! If I understood what you said, then even though any NDA probably expired years ago, the source might still be copyrighted, thus making it available to the public would violate this copyright. Ok, so I'm gonna speak with the copyright holder. BTW: Epyx is owned by a company called "Alpha Omega Publications", not Infrogrames. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted October 19, 2002 Author Share Posted October 19, 2002 Hi there! Sensation is perfect! I just uploaded the original Apple 2 / 6502 source-codes for Impossible Mission 2 and Spider-Bot! It is not possible to generate the games out of these though, since the data files are missing. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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