The original license statement in readme.txt was:
"Alphabet Soup is freeware and may be distributed freely (without charge). If
you would like to include Alphabet Soup on a compilation CD you must contact us
for permission. Please see the "Contacting Us" section at the bottom of this
document."

This was changed to the current text by Hans de Goede
<j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>, with permission from the original author Todd Cope,
below is are literal copies of the email exchange in which he gave his
permission:

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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:55:54 +0100
From: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
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Hi Todd,

Remember me I mailed you patches for a Linux version for crystalstacker
quite some time ago. and I've created Fedora Linux packages of
crystalstacker so that Fedora users can easily install it.

Besides a Linux enthousiast / Fedora developer I'm also a Computer
Science teacher at a Dutch University. This period I'm teaching my
students howto write portable code, so I thought it would be fun to give
them some games written with allegro, but not with another OS like Linux
in mind, to "port" to Linux. Today there was a practical lesson where
they did just that and it was a great success.

The managed to get smashteroid and alphabet soup running under Linux
quite easily. Their work still needs some cleaning up and then I'll send
it to you. Know that I've seen your other games in action I would like
to package them for Fedora Linux too.

I'm interested in creating packages for all your (non java) games, but
lets start with those for which you currently already make source
available: alphabet soup, smashteroid and laserwars.

All 3 of these come with a Freeware-ish license currently in the text. I
don't know if you remember, but we had some discussions about some rough
(and thus for Fedora troublesome) edges with the crystalstacker license.

In the end you put the following license on crystalstacker (for which
I'm still very grateful):

"Crystal Stacker is freeware. This means you can pass copies around
freely provided you include this document in it's original form in your
distribution. Please see the "Contacting Us" section of this document if
you need to contact us for any reason.

The source code is provided as-is and you may do with it whatsoever you
please provided that you include this file in its unmodified form with
any new distribution. NewCreature Design makes no gaurantees regarding
the usability of the source but are willing to help with any problems
you might run into. Please see the "Contacting Us" section of this
document if you need to get in touch with us about any issues you have
regarding the source."

Are you willing to release: alphabet soup, smashteroid and laserwars
under this license too? And in that case is it ok for me to distribute
the current available versions under this license?

Thanks & Regards,

Hans


p.s.

While I'm asking any chance you could release source of any of your
other games like vgolf and secret of the hose? I know you already make
linux binaries available, but source under an unrestrictive license
would be really awsome!



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Hello Hans,

To your first request to release the other games (Alphabet Soup, Smashteroid, Laser War) under the Crystal Stacker license, I give you my permission to do so.

As for vGolf, it is unfinished but the source code is available under the "Linux" packages on the web site. No Linux binaries exist as I have no idea how to make them so they work with all Linux versions :) I am fine with you releasing the current vGolf under the Crystal Stacker license as well.

However, Secret of the Hose is closed-source at the request of the game designer. He wanted to keep it closed-sourced so that people wouldn't be able to cheat as easily in online play. I would love to release the source otherwise. I see no benefit personally in keeping my sources under wraps Your case of using them for educational purposes makes me quite happy.

Sincerely,

Todd

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: alphabet soup, laserwars en others license
> From: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
> Date: Wed, November 29, 2006 12:55 pm
> To: todd@t3-i.com
> 
> Hi Todd,
> 
> Remember me I mailed you patches for a Linux version for crystalstacker
> quite some time ago. and I've created Fedora Linux packages of
> crystalstacker so that Fedora users can easily install it.
> 
> Besides a Linux enthousiast / Fedora developer I'm also a Computer
> Science teacher at a Dutch University. This period I'm teaching my
> students howto write portable code, so I thought it would be fun to give
> them some games written with allegro, but not with another OS like Linux
> in mind, to "port" to Linux. Today there was a practical lesson where
> they did just that and it was a great success.
> 
> The managed to get smashteroid and alphabet soup running under Linux
> quite easily. Their work still needs some cleaning up and then I'll send
> it to you. Know that I've seen your other games in action I would like
> to package them for Fedora Linux too.
> 
> I'm interested in creating packages for all your (non java) games, but
> lets start with those for which you currently already make source
> available: alphabet soup, smashteroid and laserwars.
> 
> All 3 of these come with a Freeware-ish license currently in the text. I
> don't know if you remember, but we had some discussions about some rough
> (and thus for Fedora troublesome) edges with the crystalstacker license.
> 
> In the end you put the following license on crystalstacker (for which
> I'm still very grateful):
> 
> "Crystal Stacker is freeware. This means you can pass copies around
> freely provided you include this document in it's original form in your
> distribution. Please see the "Contacting Us" section of this document if
> you need to contact us for any reason.
> 
> The source code is provided as-is and you may do with it whatsoever you
> please provided that you include this file in its unmodified form with
> any new distribution. NewCreature Design makes no gaurantees regarding
> the usability of the source but are willing to help with any problems
> you might run into. Please see the "Contacting Us" section of this
> document if you need to get in touch with us about any issues you have
> regarding the source."
> 
> Are you willing to release: alphabet soup, smashteroid and laserwars
> under this license too? And in that case is it ok for me to distribute
> the current available versions under this license?
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> p.s.
> 
> While I'm asking any chance you could release source of any of your
> other games like vgolf and secret of the hose? I know you already make
> linux binaries available, but source under an unrestrictive license
> would be really awsome!

