Re: Game for Linux

[shaleh@clifford.livenet.net]

> 
> Michael Thayer wrote:
> > I wrote a game long ago - Terroid, on sunsite.unc under games/arcade -
> > which was never included in Debian, I think because it was not free
> > enough.  The new version has a license which, I think, fills requirements.
> > If anyone is interrested in including it in Debian, please feal free to
> > contact me.
> 
> Yes, the license is exactly why I never bothered packaging it. I took a look
> at version 1.4, and the license still has this in it:
> 
> 5. No modifications intended to allow the software to be used within the
>    Ms-Dos and Windows operating systems may be distributed with, or
>    applied to, the source code or binary form of the software.
> 6. The authors Michael Thayer and Michael Haar are to be informed,
>    preferable by electronic mail, when this software is distributed
>    commercially.  A single notification is required for any given
>    distribution, and explicit copies of that distribution (e.g. for all
>    resellers of a given Linux distribution).
> 
> This is enough to make it fail the Debian Free Software Guidlines.
> 

I understand why 5 is not ok, but why is 6?  He just wants to know how and who
is using his code, he nevers says you can't.  Just tell him.  That seems
resonable.  Debian just mails him once, saying hey we are packaging your 
softwre, and whamo, done.  Debian developers do this already, this is just an
explicit request.