Bug#383316: FoF package for Debian

["Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>]

2007/2/13, Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>:
> I'm not very much into the legal things, so I'm a bit lost on how to solve it.
> Jason Spiro (I'm CC'ing him) has offered to help me with this.

Hi Sami,

First of all, thanks very much for releasing Frets on Fire under the
GPL.  It's a great game, and we at Debian[1] would love to get it
included in our distro.  But there are three licensing-related issues:
the fonts, the built-in songs, and the other data files.

I know that this licensing stuff is time-consuming and boring, and I
regret that it is taking up your time.  But think of the reward at the
end: a fully Open Source FoF package, including code, graphics, and
music, that will be used by Linux users worldwide. :-)

== Fonts ==

I don't know anything about fonts and licensing.  But, I propose that,
for now, we design the Debian FoF package to use DFSG-free fonts.  We
can look more into the fonts situation later.  What do you think of
that idea?

== Built-in songs ==

How much does it cost for a Teosto permit?  Perhaps nobody would be
too offended if we tried to raise money on the debian-user list[2] to
pay for the permit?  I could make a small contribution as well.

== Other data, including tutorial ==

Is it possible you could get the other data, including the tutorial,
relicensed under the GPL?  This would simplify things, as it is
unclear whether Creative Commons Attribution-licensed work can go in
the Debian "main" repository.  Using the GPL would simplify things for
us.  If this relicensing would be difficult, let me know; there are
other licensing options.

Regards,
Jason Spiro

[1] I am not a Debian Developer, but I still would love to get FoF
included in Debian.

[2] Or perhaps we can raise money at www.ubuntuforums.org?  Ubuntu
would benefit from the package finally getting into Debian since they
automatically pull in all Debian packages into their "universe"
repository too. :-)