Bug#224163: debian PvPGN
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:04:26PM +0200, Mihai RUSU wrote:
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> Hi
>
> We have received an email from you (as a Debian project member) that you
> would like to have PvPGN into Debian. We whould like that very much as we
> have worked very hard on this project. However I know a little bit about
> Debian and I know that Debian is very sensitive to "legal" status of
> projects.
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> [...]
I'm aware of the problem with bnetd. I'm not well-versed in legal stuff but
this shouldn't be a showstopper for Debian. We have bnetd already and that
isn't a legal problem for us at least untill Blizzard wins the trial, if ever.
> [...] Thus we forked PvPGN. Because of the trial, the
> PvPGN legal status is probably fuzzy. We took measures like to not have
> direct links for download from our official site (www.pvpgn.org),
Uhm.. that explains why I got a 404 error when attempting to obtain the
source. Could you provide me with a link? Note if you provide it, the link
will be made public by Debian. If that's a problem, it is acceptable for me
if you send me a private mail with instructions on obtaining the sources.
> our main
> activity goes over the IRC (the last "free" post), etc...
Which network / channel?
> However, if you are still interested, please check out
> http://wolfheart.ro/files/debian/pvpgn/1.6/ the place where our Debian
> packager keeps his last updated files (I have added him as Cc to this
> email). Probably most of the details about Debian and PvPGN will be said
> between you two (but please keep me at Cc: thanks!).
I will, thanks.
--
Robert Millan
"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."
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