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--- 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

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