Quote from the Kickstarter:
"After GDW closed their doors, Heliograph Games kept Space 1889 alive, and in 2010, Pinnacle Entertainment produced the Red Sands Plot Point Campaign (tm) for Space 1889 in the Savage Worlds system. German publisher Uhwerk Verlag acquired the license in 2012 and began to print an updated version of the game that used the Ubiquity system, first in German and then later in English."
However, it should be pointed out that some of the Uhrwerk publications such as the source book about Phaeton (Vulcan) only exist in German. Moreover, while GDW practically focused exclusively on the British and perhaps American POV, Uhrwerk's version also put a spotlight on the German colonies and activities in space. As for the new Kickstarter version, I have my doubts. Not only do I not like the idea of a post-war setting for Space: 1889, the character options are too Spelljammerish, especially the automaton, "ogre," and moon-dwellers. Players have always had the option of playing Martians.