Re: Bug#310994: ITP: openttd -- open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe"
> That's correct; and, with or without that dependency, OpenTTD
> infringes the copyright on Transport Tycoon Deluxe under a "mise en
> scene" theory, as discussed on debian-legal. (Not to say there's a
What do you mean by that exactly?
> consensus or anything; but it's not that complicated an issue, and you
> can draw conclusions from cases like Micro Star v. FormGen even if
> YANAL.) Though it looks like a lot of fun, OpenTTD belongs on an
> abandonware site and not on the Debian mirror network, even in
> non-free.
I have posted this issue on debian-legal before, where people seemed to agree
to put it into contrib, which is what I am planning to.
OpenTTD has IMHO nothing to do with abandonware, since it is still actively
maintained and improved. Actually, there is an immense difference between the
original TTD and OpenTTD by now.
(I am aware that "an immense difference" doesn't really buy you anything,
legally)
> The same, really, applies to freeciv and the innumerable clones of
> games, from Pac-Man to Doom, with anything resembling characters and a
> storyline; but that's not a problem for debian-mentors.
I expect that this discussion has already been done for those games and that
apparently the consensus was to do include them.
Gr.
Matthijs
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