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regarding quake2: distribution to adults only in germany
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Package: quake2
Version: 1:0.3-1.1
Severity: normal
The official Quake II CDs have been put on a list of media
"endangering youth" by the federal government in Germany, for
glorifying violence. I.E. they may not be offered / distributed to
people below 18 years of age, and they may not be advertised.
This limitation applies also, without need for notification, to
media that contains wholly or essentially identical content (§ 15
Abs. 3 Jugendschutzgesetz). Now it doesn't seem far-fetched that
the quake2 binaries are essentially identical to the Quake II game
as distributed by ID and banned by the federal government. One
could try to deny this, because the game data is missing. But I
don't know how convincing this is towards german officials.
If one accepts that quake2 and Quake II are essentially identical,
the distribution limitations apply. For violation of these
limitations, one can be fined or (less likely) sentenced to prison
for up to 1 year (§ 27 Abs. 1 Jugendschutzgesetz).
So I think quake2 should be removed from CDs and servers in
Germany, just to be sure. Sorry to bring these bad news after the
release...
Michael Below
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Versions of packages quake2 depends on:
ii libao2 0.8.6-1 Cross Platform Audio Output Librar
ii libasound2 1.0.8-3 ALSA library
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.7+1.2.8cvs20041007-5 Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System Session Management
ii libsvga1 1:1.4.3-21 console SVGA display libraries
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii quake2-data 13 Installer for Quake II data files
ii xlibmesa-gl [li 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
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Version: 1:0.3-1.1+rm
The quake2 package has been removed from Debian testing, unstable and
experimental, so I am now closing the bugs that were still opened
against it.
For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/423200 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
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Marco Rodrigues
http://Marco.Tondela.org
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