Re: RFS: steam-powered

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

"Michael Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com> writes:

> * Package name    : steam-powered
>  Version         : 0.8.0
>  Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert
> * URL             : no web site
> * License         : gpl for steam-powered script, non-free for
> downloaded game and game data

What license do you have for the package? "non-free" isn't a license,
it's a descriptor.

> I am hoping get more involved in packaging popular games for Debian.
> I understand that these popular games are mostly under non-free
> licenses,

Worse, many of them are under non-free licenses that prohibit
redistribution, either entirely or through clauses that exclude Debian
from doing so. If that's so, your package can't be redistributed by
Debian.

You'll need to find the exact license text for the software to know
whether that's the case. Start a thread on debian-legal (after
confirming that the particular license hasn't already been discussed
in the archives) and include the full text of the license for
discussion.

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