Comment by pavlov
15 years ago
And here's the same story from a less sensationalist source.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/28/overheard-gdc-credit-where...
"What physics engine did you use for Angry Birds?" --Man "Box2d" --Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio "Would you be willing to credit it?" --Man "Yes" --Vesterbacka "I'm the creator of Box2d." --Erin Catto, creator of Box2d
Following this exchange -- which took place during Rovio's panel on its multi-million-dollar franchise -- a smiling, caught-off-guard Vesterbacka said that the company would credit Box2d as the physics engine it uses if Catto would see him after the Q&A session.
AFAICT, this controversy is completely fabricated by the MobileCrunch tabloid.
Here's a thread @Box2d where Erin responds to this himself, confirming that this was not a "calling out" or any sort of big deal: http://box2d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6462