Bug#244582: ufoai packages
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:31:49AM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> 2008/2/23, Cyril Brulebois <cyril.brulebois@enst-bretagne.fr>:
> > On 23/02/2008, Teemu Ikonen wrote:
> > > As for getting this game into Debian main, there seems to be still
> > > some issues with the licensing of some of the game content, mostly
> > > the textures it seems. There's also a question about the
> > > DFSG-freeness of the CC licenses used for the content, mentioned at
> > > http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/License_Issues Most content
> > > seems to be CC-SA 3.0 though, which is DFSG compatible.
> >
> >
> > Note that ftpmasters are OK with that ATM, but that -legal hasn't
> > reached the same conclusion.
>
> It's the ftpmasters who are responsible for taking that decision and
> the ones who have to reach the decision. debian-legal cannot do any
> official statement regarding Debian, it's just a consultive mailing
> list.
>
> "The only official statements about DFSG compliance are made by the
> ftpmasters." ( Marco d''Itri ,
> http://www.usenetarticles.com/thread/804922.html )
>
> Ftpmasters have already accepted CC-by and CC-by-sa 3.0 (only 3.0, not
> 2.0 nor 2.5) into the repositories.
OK, that's good news. But OTOH, it would be nice to have this
information somewhere on the official website. And maybe a copy of
the license text in /usr/share/common-licences ? Maybe in a
"non-recommended" or "discouraged" directory, possibly together with
the 4-clause BSD ?
Best regards,
--
Yann
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