Difference between revisions of "Kyra"

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=== Status of the Source Release ===

Negotiations for the release of the source to Kyrandia (and possible freeware release) have been conducted with Electronic Arts LA. ~~Unfortunately~~, due to ~~various other issues at that studio~~, ~~the project was shelved~~.

Negotiations for the release of the source to Kyrandia (and possible freeware release) have been conducted with Electronic Arts LA. The original code and assets from the Westwood-era have been confirmed to still exist on backups, however due to the current rights situation, it is impossible to progress further on a release of these assets.

~~Recently~~ (~~15 Apr 05~~) ~~the major stumble with the source code release was determined to be a pre-existing contract with another party governing such issues~~. ~~EALA is not currently in any position to work~~ further ~~on untangling a rather nasty web of sales an d transfers, and cannot chance infringing on the contract~~.

Basically, the Kyrandia rights appear to have been retained by Viacom (as Spelling Entertainment). Despite investigation by several people (Thanks Mike, Louis), there has been no further progress. If anybody happens to know a higher-up at Viacom, please contact Ender (at scummvm.org) :)

~~The current outlook does not look good, given that nobody contacted claims to have the rights, and obtaining a legal outcome~~ to ~~that effect would be impossible for~~ a ~~project like ScummVM. There will be continuing investigation into this issue~~, ~~however~~.

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 === Status of the Source Release ===
-Negotiations for the release of the source to Kyrandia (and possible freeware release) have been conducted with Electronic Arts LA. Unfortunately, due to various other issues at that studio, the project was shelved.
+Negotiations for the release of the source to Kyrandia (and possible freeware release) have been conducted with Electronic Arts LA. The original code and assets from the Westwood-era have been confirmed to still exist on backups, however due to the current rights situation, it is impossible to progress further on a release of these assets.
-Recently (15 Apr 05) the major stumble with the source code release was determined to be a pre-existing contract with another party governing such issues. EALA is not currently in any position to work further on untangling a rather nasty web of sales an d transfers, and cannot chance infringing on the contract.
+Basically, the Kyrandia rights appear to have been retained by Viacom (as Spelling Entertainment). Despite investigation by several people (Thanks Mike, Louis), there has been no further progress. If anybody happens to know a higher-up at Viacom, please contact Ender (at scummvm.org) :)
-The current outlook does not look good, given that nobody contacted claims to have the  rights, and obtaining a legal outcome to that effect would be impossible for a project like ScummVM. There will be continuing investigation into this issue, however.
 === Tech info ===