' COPYRIGHT NOTICE
' shivaEngine 2.0 Template RC1
' by shiva
'
' There are several restrictions for use with this version, please contact shiva at
[email protected] if you wish
' to modify portions of this system. Please do not release, file mirror or modify for release unless permission is given.
' www.shivasite.com will be releasing any new versions when available
'
' based on shivaEngine Build 1_8 - January 2002
' by shiva, and Cold1
' Thanks to Destruk, Black, 4Eyes, and various other authors.
' Some examples were taken from other test scripts, authors uncredited in that script.
' The above copyright and remarks MUST be included with your table on public release
This is the copyright, included with the official release of shivaEngine2 and the template, as well as the b1_1 template and I would say it's very clear
This is not about anything, other than basic respect. I know that it would be foolish for me to demand that kind of respect, because you don't demand respect from anyone, you earn it, and I admit that sometimes, I didn't earn it, but then, I'm not the only one on that list either. There isn't a single old timer here that doesn't remember what has happened to this community countless times with multiple authors over this very issue. As a VPinMAME author, I can be accused of doing the exact same thing, but this isn't a VPinMAME table either. This is something that took 4 months to do for the first version, and done by multiple authors, and what took me over a year to write the second time.
I am not demanding respect, I was just asking for it. If I made a mistake that causes a problem, then I am sorry.
I will also use this space to clarify a couple things. The first version of shivaEngine was written by Cold1 and I, and it was done before the great NS scandal. There were a couple versions, the first test copy to people, and other versions afterwards. The authors that we used code from we credited, but we also had to put a blanket thank you to those we couldn't find in that script.
se2 was completely rewritten by me, and there is very little if any from the first shivaEngine in there. We used a code example from Destruk he had written and released before the project was born, the basic display driver by Black, (though not a lot, because we were not good enough to understand it properly) and 4Eyes code was written by him for shivaEngine. The engine, and credited in the tutorial table included with
VP, was based on the old spike script.
When I quit this community last year, I re-released all shivaEngine series, you no longer have to "ask" me anything, I have transferred that right, and as long as the credits are there, you can use it how ever you want, as long as you don't claim it for yourself and then sell it commercially. I also made available all the se3 engines, and tables, all unlocked, again with copyrights, because you have to nowdays.
It doesn't mean though that I am correct. I may have forgotten something, or remembered something wrongly, but then, I am only human. But, I do at the very least, expect the same benefits that every single author that is here, or was ever here should have, even if it makes me look like a complete moron for forgetting something or another.
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