The Lost Vikings
Posted: February 25th, 2011, 1:57 am
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I think "except as provided herein" means that you can't copy or reproduce the game, unless exceptions are listed within the document. Since the rest of the document contains no exceptions for making the game available to download from a website, there appears to be no exceptions to the prohibition on copying or reproducing the game. It looks like only Blizzard has a right to host downloads of that file. They are giving it away for free -- so it's freeware -- but it's not redistributable, so it's not really what I consider "full" freeware. There's also nothing to stop Blizzard from taking the download down, like Rockstar did with their free copies of Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, and Wild Metal.Lost Vikings EULA txt 20140331.txt wrote:This license granted is subject to the following limitations, and you agree that you will not:
• In whole or in part, copy or reproduce (except as provided herein), translate, reverse engineer, derive source code from, modify, disassemble, decompile, or create derivative works based on the Program;
Hmm, maybe "all files that are delivered to you" means the package in its entirety? If it said, "any files", then it would mean that the DOSBox files on their own are also subject to this clause.Malvineous wrote:It's obviously a generic EULA they haven't bothered to tailor for the game, because it talks about a warranty of 90 days from the purchase date. I'm not a lawyer but I would also question the validity of the EULA given that it says you are not permitted to distribute "all files that are delivered to you" yet some of the files include a DOSBox launcher covered under the GPL licence which specifically allows you to distribute the (included) source.
In other words, the Blizzard EULA tries to override the GPL, despite Blizzard agreeing to abide by the GPL when they created the package for distribution.