ScummVM news

Now there is an easy way to obtain Gobliiins 1-3

nospam@scummvm.org (sev) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Snowberry Connection, Société Pollene and ScummVM issued a joint press release, which announces that the first three Gobliiins games are available as bonus downloads for those who purchased Gobliiins 4 via GamersGate or Impulse. The games are also available on the DVD in at least the Russian and Hungarian releases of the game.

We are really happy that these art pieces of classic adventure gaming are available as a relatively easy purchase now, and that ScummVM helped Snowberry to make them run on modern systems with minimal effort.

Thanks, Snowberry!

ScummVM T-Shirts available and ScummVM nominated for Sourceforge Community Choice Awards

nospam@scummvm.org (Spookypeanut) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

If you want to be the envy of everyone in your neighborhood, be sure to be seen around in your beautiful new ScummVM T-shirt. Designed with the cooperation of the ScummVM team, this understated and elegant item will truly show off your adventure game leanings to the initiated. Plus, combobreaker.com are donating to the ScummVM project for each one sold!

While we're on the subject of helping ScummVM, please vote for your favorite point-and-click adventure game engine interpreter in the Sourceforge Community Choice Awards. Thanks to all the people that nominated us, we've made it through to the final round. If you click the link, ScummVM will be pre-selected in the Best Project for Gamers category, and you can go on and choose your favorite open-source projects in the other categories.

More information about the GPL violation

nospam@scummvm.org (sev) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There are certain speculations about the case, some of them are really wild. Unfortunately, no one approached any of us and there are only a few real facts in those blog posts.

Thus, in an attempt to stop these potentially misleading messages, I made a blog post on my personal blog. I hope that I provided enough information there. If not, ask me for more details.

GPL conflict with Atari

nospam@scummvm.org (cyx, fingolfin) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Consider the following an official "press release", and note that the exact wording is dictated to cyx and fingolfin by the settlement terms.

In December 2008, members of the ScummVM team discovered that three games for the Nintendo Wii console ("Freddi Fish: The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds", published in Germany under the name "Fritzi Fisch und der verschwundene Schatz"; "Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside", published in Germany under the name "Pyjama Pit: Keine Angst im Dunkeln"; and "Spy Fox: Dry Cereal", published in Germany under the name "Spy Fox in: Das Milchkartell") made use of ScummVM, without complying with the terms of the GPL license. They sent a warning letter to the German distributor of these games, Atari Deutschland GmbH, who was not aware that ScummVM was used in the creation of the games. Atari Deutschland GmbH established contact with Mistic Software Inc., the developers of the games.

Mistic Software Inc. responded by denying that members of the ScummVM team hold any rights to the particular code they used. The dispute was ultimately settled in May 2009 by Mistic Software Inc. paying all legal fees and making a donation to the Free Software Foundation as a sign of good will, without acknowledging copyright infringement.