# NOTICE

## Not affiliated

This project is **not affiliated with, authorised by, sponsored by or endorsed by** the rights
holders of *Spy vs. Spy III: Arctic Antics* — Epyx, Tynesoft, First Star Software, or whoever holds
those rights today — nor by DC Comics or MAD Magazine, the owners of the *Spy vs. Spy* property. No
permission or licence has been sought or granted.

## No original assets

This repository and its releases contain **no original game code, art, sound data or other assets**.
Specifically absent:

- no copy of `spy.exe`, `spytitl.exe`, `DEMO.DAT`, `TITLE.DAT`, `MAXX.PIC`, `TRAP.PIC`, or any other
  file from the original game;
- no frames, screenshots, sprite sheets, palettes or data files derived from the original's art
  included as data — the program needs nothing but nine files of the user's own copy of the game,
  which `--install` copies onto the user's own machine, and it draws every screen from them at run
  time (see `docs/YOU-NEED-THE-ORIGINAL.md`);
- no ripped music, sound effects or recorded audio.

What is here is source code that reimplements the game's behaviour, and documentation of how that
behaviour was measured.

## Trademarks

*Spy vs. Spy* and all related names, logos and artwork are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners. *Arctic Antics* and any other product names are used only to identify what
this code reimplements, in the nominative sense — no trade dress or trademark claim is made, and no
endorsement is implied. The port is referred to here as `antics` for that reason: the name is the
project's, not the game's.

## Licence of this code

The source code of `antics` is licensed under the **GNU General Public License, version 3 or (at your
option) any later version** (`GPL-3.0-or-later`); the full text is in the `LICENSE` file. In short:
you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, but any distributed version, modified or not, must
stay under the same licence and come with its source. That is deliberate: the author does not
intend this work to be sold, and does not want a closed-source derivative of it to be.

The licence covers **the code and documentation in this repository only**. It does not, and cannot,
grant any right in *Spy vs. Spy III: Arctic Antics* itself: its program, art, sound and data remain
the property of their owners, are not part of this repository, and are not licensed by it.

If you hold rights in the original game and you object to this project, contact the author; the
project can be withdrawn.
