Copyright problem with new maelstrom licence
Hi!
The game maelstrom has been released with a completely new source code and
is now licenced under GPL. The following text is included in the source
tar ball:
<quote>
The source code to Maelstrom 3.0 and higher has been released under
the GNU General Public License which can be found in COPYING.GPL.
The artwork and sounds used by Maelstrom are copyright Ambrosia Software
(http://www.ambrosiasw.com) and may not be redistributed separately from
the Maelstrom public GPL release.
The following files must accompany any distribution of Maeltrom 3.0:
Ambrosia_Software,_Inc._FAQ
MaelstromGPL_press_release
They can be found in the Docs directory.
Copying, modifying, bundling, and burning to new ROMs is encouraged!
</quote>
The question is: is this non-free or not. The graphics are copyright of
Ambrosia, but there is no statement that restricts anything more than
stated above. Would it still be free if the artwork can only be
distributed with the game?
Christoph
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