On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 08:21:37PM +0800, Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) wrote: > Hi Torsten, > > I think maybe we can just package the tool into Debian main? > Not sure how to edit beneath-a-steel-sky, but ScummC should be able to > create ScummVM games from scratch. > > I'll try to see if ScummC can edit beneath-a-steel-sky or not.
This issue has been rehashed endlessly. While there likely was, once upon a time, a custom set of tools to create this game data, those tools do not exist any more. The original creators of the game is in the same situation as Debian's users when it comes to modifications. The reason for requiring the "preferred form for modification" is to not put the creator of the software/data in a "monopoly" situation. This isn't the case here. Debian doesn't stand to win anything from removing this package. Debian's users doesn't stand to win anything. The only thing achieved is that any Debian users that likes playing games will be more likely to add non-free to their list of sources, thus increaing the likelyhood of them installing non-free software that is actually detrimental to our goals. BTW, I hope that the original bug reporter files requests to move files in Ogg Vorbis format from main to non-free as well. Lossy formats are very rarely the preferred form of modification. The same of course goes for lossy image and video formats. Regards: David -- /) David Weinehall <t...@debian.org> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
