Re: Sponsor my 'Pekka Kana 2' package

[Sylvain Beucler <beuc@beuc.net>]

Hi,

On 24/02/2019 22:34, Markus Koschany wrote:
> My greatest concern is the current licensing though. The original
> license is in src/license.txt
>
> "This package contains the source codes for the game Pekka Kana 2,
> written by Janne Kivilahti.
> The game and it's (sic) code are copyrighted by Janne Kivilahti, but you
> can modify and use the code freely
> as long as the original author is mentioned."

There is no mention of "redistribution" so that doesn't look free /
DFSG-compatible.
I would recommend checking with debian-legal :)
Possibly the original author would be willing to clarify under a common
permissive license (expat/zlib/WTFPL...).

- Sylvain