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Re: Bug#696385: RFS: astromenace/1.3.1+ds-1 [ITP] -- hardcore 3D space shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities



Hi Markus,

Thanks for notes.

> just a comment on the copyright file. You are targeting the data for
> non-free but actually the game data is licensed under free licenses,
> namely GPL-3+ and CC-BY-SA-3.0. I assume the precompiled 3D models are
> the reason why astromenace-data should be in non-free because the
> sources are missing. IMO this should be documented at the top of
> debian/copyright like
>
> Comment:
>  This data package is non-free because... to make it free you have to
>  do the following...

Such comment is already available in appropriate place in debian/copyright
(where related files are listed). And I see no reason to move or copy it
into top part of debian/copyright.

> Otherwise nobody will know in a few years why you have made this
> decision and the package will likely stay in non-free forever.

Personally I do not believe that someone will redraw these files in future.
And this is not pessimistic but realistic point of view. =)

Best regards,
Boris


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