Re: ri-li re-wrapped as commercial game by jalada GmbH

[Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 08:38:51AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:

> > They are not violating the source code distribution terms but the GPL
> > has more terms than just that. AFAICT at least for Hex-a-Hop they are
> > violating item 6 of GPLv2 due to the restrictive EULA they apply to
> > the binaries.

The EULA I see does not place limitations on the binary, but rather on support
and the ability to get updates. It explicitly says: "Without limiting your
rights under the GPL, the Product and related documentation are subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this EULA.", which I think means they say the
GPL prevails over any other conditions that might impose on it.

> It appears they are also linking against OpenSSL.

Indeed, it seems to be used by their launcher shell, to check the license key
and encrypt/decrypt some data. They should be able to port that to gcrypt
without problems.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
      Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>

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