Here's the FSF argument, taken from Engadget : The argument revolves around the following clause in the GPL v2: Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Progr...

The GPLv2 prohibits restrictions beside the ones it imposes, and the app stores has its own, incompatible restrictions. Unless you get all the copyright holders of the GPLed work to agree to re-license it for the App store, you can't publish it there. I've also read that Apple rejected GPLed program...

Just the other day, 7 more Humongous Entertainment games dropped on the iOS App Store. Unlike the other releases, which were reworked in house for mobile, these seem to be running on a modified version of ScummVM. I know it's becoming more and more common lately, but it's still great to see ScummVM...

I can't believe that SCUMM games are sold along with ScummVM. At some point, LEC tried to shut you guys down...

I find it strange to discriminate between bytecode and machine x86 language. Cyx's implementation is much closer to ScummVM than DOSBox in that the VM is extremely primitive, and all IO is performed by higher level functions. The igor "script logic" only uses 37 opcodes. The VM totals 1400...

Clean room RE means that the person/team who inspects and documents the binary is different from the one who writes the implementation.

hornpipe2's effort fits that definition.

(If I knew C++ I'd be glad to help, but I'm "only" proficient in C and Objective-C). IIRC, ScummVM doesn't use advanced C++ features like templates for portability reasons. I haven't read the source in a while, but I think that it close to C + classes... with maybe some polymorphism sprin...

At the current pace, they will never get it funded, and that sucks pregnant bulls.

1. Games/Programs executed by the ScummVM ARE NOT derivative works of ScummVM or otherwise affected by the ScummVM GPL license. 2. Packaging the ScummVM binary runtime in the same file as a game or program that it executes does not constitute a derivative work. 3. The ScummVM binary runtime and gam...

Joost Peeters is credited in the introduction

Hats off, dude!

What about the Windows versions based on Aaron Giles code? Were V5 and V6 games ported to Windows?

From Kaminari's report, I guess smooth scrolling could be safely implemented from MI1 onward...

This YouTube playlist has samples of the Maniac, Zak and MI1 Amiga versions. The scrolling seems similar to the PC versions, although it could be codec-related. I actually remeber the Amiga versions of these games to be smoother than the ones I played on my PC, but it was a 8088 @ 8MHz, which proba...

Cool, thanks .

When will you be able to communicate about this? From what I've understood: Decompiler: failed, sadly The TFMX + MAxTrax seems quite succesful, but I don't know the official criteria. The 16 but API was apparently successful too, but same remark as above. The Draco engine seemed to be going fine, bu...

ScummVM has a three tiered software architecture. The frontends, a collection of VMs that each run a subset of the supported games bytecode and handle game specific logistics like pathfinding, rendering, effects/, and build upon the middle-end. The middle end is composed of * an API for graphics, so...