Re: [Peter.Schmitz@heise.de: Re: Freie Linux-Distributionen und das neues JuSchG (was: Gesetzestuecken)]
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 03:46:57PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
Hi,
> I've sent a mail to the c't-reporter who wrote an article about the new
> law in germany regarding computer games in the latest edition of the c't
> computer magazine. This is his answer below. Sorry that it's in german
> and please note that this is no legal advice.
>
> In short, if we want to respect the laws, it seems we either have to pay
> *loads* of money to get the games approved or we dump the games from the
> CD. Furthermore, we'd have to make sure that debian-junior games are
> also classified (which they are probably not) and would have to check
> IDs from the kids. IOW: This would probably be too cumbersome to do,
> what a pity.
Looks like we have to dump the games.
We have the following games (or packages relatet with games) on the CD ATM:
junior-games-card
ace-of-penguins
junior-games-sim
freeciv
lincity
freeciv-gtk
freeciv-xaw3d
lincity-x
junior-games-text
bsdgames
moon-buggy
moon-buggy-esd
junior-puzzle
codebreaker
gtans
lmemory
rocks-n-diamonds
xjig
nethack
nethack-common
nethack-x11
netris
tuxracer
tuxracer-data
xscavenger
xtris
I hope this list is complete. Please double check! The whole package list
is here: ftp://hxt.homelinux.org/1_NONUS.packages_v4
> Warum beschaffen Sie sich nicht für die CD-ROM mit der Programmsammlung
> eine USK-Einstufung? (www.usk.de) Wenn Sie diese CD dann für die
> Vorführterminals einsetzen und eine Kennzeichnung "ab 6" oder "ab 12"
> bekommen haben, dürfte es keine Probleme geben - natürlich muss nach dem
> Buchstaben des Gesetzes selbst dann gewährleistet sein, dass etwa keine
> Zehnjährigen ein Spiel "ab 12" ausprobieren. Die normale Prüfung kostet
> 1000 Euro und dauert bis zu 14 Tage. Sie bezieht sich immer auf den
> gesamten Träger, nicht etwa auf jedes einzelne Spiel. Damit wären Sie dann
> in jeder hinsicht auf der sicheren Seite.
This is so brain dead! We should pay 1000EUR to get legitimation so that we're
allowed to provide games on the CD.
I'm absolutly unsure what to do next. This law is a desaster.
Sven
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