Here's the response I received from the Warsow project founder. There should be no problem with getting the Warsow content using the new license into Debian, as far as I know.
---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: warsow: Clarification for the Warsow Content License Date: Thursday 28 February 2008 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andres Mejia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hello Andres, sorry for the late answer. Anyway, since warsow 0.42 is out, the answer is yes, yes and yes =) best regards, Fabrice Demurger 2008/2/18, Andres Mejia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, > > I have some more questions for the chasseur de bots team. The Warsow > Content > License states that the warsow archive can be re-compressed into any > format > (including .deb). Can anyone take the documentation from the warsow > archive > and place it in a separate package? Also, can the files in the warsow > archive > be rearranged into different directories, have files added into the > package, > and have files excluded from the package before re-compressing the > archive? > > > On Monday 28 January 2008 8:15:19 am you wrote: > > Hello Andres, > > I'm warsow founder. > > Thanks for your extended mail, I forwarded it to the team. We are > currently > > making any changes needed, the reference to warsow Team will disappear > in > > 041's license. > > > > Last, you can consider this answer is position both from chasseur de > bots > > and warsow team. > > Best regards and have a nice day, > > > > Solomonk / Fabrice Demurger > > > > 2008/1/25, Andres Mejia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Dear Warsow Team, > > > > > > I wasn't sure who exactly to contact about this so I've decided to > > > contact everybody whose email address was posted in the contact.txt > > > file of the Warsow archive/installer. > > > > > > I and other Debian users would like to create and distribute a package > > > for the new version of Warsow (0.4). Before I get started on the new > > > packages, we have some concerns about the Warsow Content License that > > > we'll need clarification for. > > > > > > The license states "Assets that are property of Chasseur de bots, use > > > the following Warsow Content License." > > > > > > Then there are these two clauses. > > > " 3. You may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, sell, participate > > > in the transfer or sale or reproduce, create Derivative Works from, > > > distribute, perform, display or in any way exploit any of the Material > > > released under this License unless expressly permitted by the Warsow > > > Team. > > > > > > 4. You may freely distribute the Warsow archive/installer > > > unmodified on any media. You may re-compress using different archival > > > formats suitable for your OS (i.e. zip/tgz/rpm/deb/dmg), any changes > > > beyond that require explicit permission of the Chasseur de bots > > > association." > > > > > > In clause 3 when it's stated, "unless expressly permitted by the > > > Warsow Team," did you really mean to say the "Warsow Team" or > > > "Chasseur de bots"? I ask this since it's stated that the license > > > applies to "Assets that are property of Chasseur de bots". If you did > > > mean to say the "Warsow Team", can it be assumed that the members of > > > the Warsow Team are those listed in the Warsow team page > > > http://www.warsow.net/?page=team or is there a different list? > > > > > > In regards to clause 4, a Debian package includes a tarball (orig > > > tarball) that would contain the original source (a tarball named > > > <package-name>_<version>.orig.tar.gz). The Warsow archive/installer > > > can be delivered unmodified in the orig tarball, but this would be a > > > problem for the deb package. > > > > > > The deb package contains the files in a manner that is compliant with > > > the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. So the Warsow content would need to > > > reside in /usr/share/games/warsow-data/. Documentation would be placed > > > in /usr/share/doc/warsow-data/. A Debian package also would add in > > > other documentation that are related with the Debian package or are > > > for Debian users. The changelog.txt file from the Warsow > > > archive/installer is renamed to upstream_changelog.txt so as not to > > > confuse it with changelog.Debian.gz, which is the changelog for the > > > Debian packaging. Also, the changelog files are always compressed > > > using gzip, regardless of its size. Also, the binaries from the Warsow > > > archive/installer are included in a separate package that has the > > > binaries built from the SDK. So the binaries from the Warsow > > > archive/installer are not included in the deb package with the Warsow > > > content. The scripts from the Warsow archive/installer are also not > > > used. Even if they were used, they would need to be modified for use > > > in a Debian system and included in the package with the binaries. > > > Also, in the package with the binaries, some of the documentation from > > > the Warsow archive/installer is included in the package's "diff.gz" > > > file that contains the makefile script and other files necessary to > > > build a Debian package. This way, the documentation from the Warsow > > > archive/installer can be delivered in both packages. > > > > > > With all this said, there are things that are added to, modified, and > > > deleted from the Warsow archive/installer in order to create packages > > > for Debian. Most of the modifications I've listed are meant as a way > > > to create and deliver a Debian package. Some others are for purposes > > > of complying with Debian policy. What I'm generally asking in regards > > > to this is, can it be acceptable to build and deliver Debian packages > > > without having to leave the Warsow archive/installer unmodified? > > > > > > There is also some other things I want clarification for. I'm assuming > > > that the Warsow archive/installer is the warsow_0.4_unified.zip file. > > > Am I correct? Also, I'm assuming that when it's stated that the Warsow > > > Content License "is applied to all > > > art/models/music/texts/names/setting/... present in the game", that > > > this means "art/models/music/texts/names/setting/..." that would > > > appear only while playing the game. Am I correct? > > > > > > If you respond, please email the Debian Games Developers' list at > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also the Bug Tracking System > > > for Bug #461659 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] In your response, please > > > also clarify if the response is the position of Chasseur de bots > > > and/or the Warsow Team. > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Andres Mejia > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Andres > ------------------------------------------------------- -- Regards, Andres _______________________________________________ Pkg-games-devel mailing list Pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-devel