Posted May 19, 2015
As some of you know I've ported a 4x turn based strategy game called Birth of the Empires which was heavily inspired by Birth of the Federation, to Android. Now I want to release it on Google Play as freeware (the Android version is also open source), but I have a bit of legal headache.
The original author has agreed to let me port it and publish it, however all this happened via e-mail, but now google needs a "verifiable" proof that I have his permission to use the "Birth of the Empires" trademark (maybe? I don't think it's trademarked though), and that I'm not infringing on the copyright. The game uses Microsoft Reciprocal License and the assets are free to use non-commercially.
So if anyone around here has any experience on how to conceive a document which should say basically something like this:
I ... the creator of Birth of the Empires with this document give my permission to ... in order to port the game to Android and use it's assets non-commercially (as the license of the assets also demands). The game may be published free and with proper Credits given to all those who contributed to both of the projects.
Please guys I really need help with this... and as a reward for helping out the most helpful of you guys will get a $10 to spend here on whatever he wishes for whomever he wishes. If I don't manage to get this document right I won't be able to use Google Play to deliver the game and patches to users...
The original author has agreed to let me port it and publish it, however all this happened via e-mail, but now google needs a "verifiable" proof that I have his permission to use the "Birth of the Empires" trademark (maybe? I don't think it's trademarked though), and that I'm not infringing on the copyright. The game uses Microsoft Reciprocal License and the assets are free to use non-commercially.
So if anyone around here has any experience on how to conceive a document which should say basically something like this:
I ... the creator of Birth of the Empires with this document give my permission to ... in order to port the game to Android and use it's assets non-commercially (as the license of the assets also demands). The game may be published free and with proper Credits given to all those who contributed to both of the projects.
Please guys I really need help with this... and as a reward for helping out the most helpful of you guys will get a $10 to spend here on whatever he wishes for whomever he wishes. If I don't manage to get this document right I won't be able to use Google Play to deliver the game and patches to users...
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