File digger-20020314-update-digger.txt-with-legal-info.patch of Package digger
--- digger-20020314/digger.txt~ 2002-03-15 07:50:20.000000000 +0100
+++ digger-20020314/digger.txt 2007-03-09 15:04:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -340,11 +340,18 @@ A: It does, it just doesn't do what you
you an hour's play with as many lives as you like, after which time you will
probably be bored anyway.
-
Q: Is this legal?
-A: Strictly speaking, no. According to intellectual property law, a work
- copyrighted by a company continues to be copyrighted for 75 years.
+A: Yes! Recently the original author of Digger, Rob Sleath, contacted me.
+ He no longer owns the copyright to Digger (or the other games) but he did
+ retain the right to use the code for development of other products. He
+ considers Digger Remastered to be another product, and has granted me
+ copyright to Digger Remastered, which I have chosen to license under the
+ GNU GPL.
+
+ My distributing of the original games is, strictly speaking, not legal.
+ According to intellectual property law, a work copyrighted by a company
+ continues to be copyrighted for 75 years.
I have no moral objections to violating Windmill software's copyright by
re-releasing the game, and I feel you should have no moral objections to