Do I need license to release the Python version of old BASIC games?

[C.D. Reimer]

On 6/21/2015 1:58 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Converting BASIC games to Python results in derived works, which are
> under the original copyright of the BASIC games.
>
>  From the given link:
>
>     BASIC Computer Games is copyright © 1978 by David H. Ahl, and is
>     posted on www.atariarchives.org with permission. Do not redistribute,
>     mirror, or copy this online book.
>
> So a license from David H. Ahl is required before publishing Python
> translations.

The copyright applies to the book ("Do not redistribute, mirror, or copy 
this *online book*.") and any derivative work is based on the book. 
Using the video output from the BASIC games in the book could fall 
underneath the fair use provision, which allows me to use a small 
portion of the book without infringing on the copyright. I'm not 
publishing a book. I just want to put my code on a website as an 
educational example of what I did to convert a spaghetti language into a 
modern scripting language.

Thanks,

Chris R.


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