Am Dienstag, den 07.06.2011, 15:37 +0800 schrieb Paul Wise: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Johannes Storm wrote: > > > i am not the upstream author. i was unsure with the licenses, because in > > brainparty-data are some sound-files under Creative Common (see > > copyright-file). perhabs someone can say me if CC is also a free license > > and i can take the stuff to main/games. > > Some CC licenses are DFSG-free and some are not. > > Looking at the CREDITS file, CC-BY-ND is non-free and so is soundsnap's license. i am in contact with the upstream author. he will dropping the soundsnap files. perhaps he also can replace stuff with CC-BY-ND so the package becomes free. > > There is only one audio file with a DFSG-free license > (electricity.ogg) and I doubt that a compressed audio file is the > preferred form for modification of it, the authors website mentions > "many software synthesizers" but does not offer any downloads of the > relevant settings for them: > > http://www.alexanderblu.com/AlexanderBlu/The%20Music/Music_Electricity.htm > > Along the same lines, the package includes a copy of the FreeSans > font, which is GPLv3 but does not include the source code for it. This > is a GPL violation, please get upstream to fix it. what does it means »source code of a font«? isn't the included ttf file enough? > > Also, lots of the images include text, some of which is definitely not > FreeSans or similar. Please talk to upstream about rendering the text > at runtime or build time. if he use freesans in his images, can't he publish the images as is? i understand you so, that if he use other fonts (and don't paint all by himself) he also have to publish a license for this fonts. is this right? i think the upstream author is interested in distribution this game as package, so he will change his project. by johannes -- email: jo-master@gmx.de PGP key-id: 2AE94C30 fingerprint: CB17 E5C2 F8AB EC66 552E C858 E8D9 6ADF 2AE9 4C30
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