John Carmack's remarks on GPL status of Jaguar Doom source

Samuel Oliver <soliver486@gmail.com>	Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:00 PM
To: johnc@idsoftware.com
Hi, John. I've been working on a Doom source port using the GPL PC
version code as a base, and for novelty purposes I am using the Jaguar
source as a reference to make my port behave like the Jaguar port of
Doom. I'm concerned about the source license, though, the Jaguar
version uses the original Doom source license, whereas the port I'm
using as a base (Chocolate Doom) is licensed under the GPL version of
the Doom source.

I was wondering what you think I should do about this to avoid
problems with licensing, or if you are willing to consider rereleasing
the Jaguar source under GPL. Thanks.
John Carmack <johnc@idsoftware.com>	Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:24 PM
To: Samuel Oliver <soliver486@gmail.com>
There is no chance that we will go through a rlicensing process for the jaguar doom codebase, but I can't image anyone caring that you used that instead of the official codebase.

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