Bug#579675: ITP: goban -- Goban screensaver / copyright issue
]] Frank Lin PIAT | The records are retrieved from [1], but the website mention: | « The databases on this site are a service to the Go Community:The | databases have been compiled by Jan van Rongen and are his | copyright. They can be distributed freely, as long as this | copyright statement is distributed with them. The databases | shall not be made part of any [non] commercially available | database collection of games of go without the written | permission of Jan van Rongen. » | | 1. Do you think Jan van Rongen actually owns some copyright on |those files (I am not sure if he played any of those games) That's probably not relevant. Even if they're not copyrightable by themselves, there are database rights to be taken into consideration. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r5lrbj80@qurzaw.linpro.no
Bug#579675: ITP: goban -- Goban screensaver
On Monday 03 May 2010 00:28:55 Frank Lin PIAT wrote: Description : Goban screensaver The short description should not include the package name, maybe something like: screen saver replaying games of Go I haven't mentioned the name of the program, just the object on the screen. But i agree to use your proposed short description. Replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen. The long description could/should also mention: - that it's a screen-saver. If this is mentioned in the short description? - that it is Designed to work with xscreensaver and Gnome. I don't think it should be linked with Gnome somehow. Xscreensaver is almost standard part of every usual desktop installation, at least for Gnome/KDE, and it is in Required. - which historical games of go are replayed? (the game played using cgoban, right?) Well, no. Actually the original source tarball is consisting of some set of historic games which can be easily extended/replaced by user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005031701.33552.cl...@debian.org
Bug#579675: ITP: goban -- Goban screensaver
On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 17:01 +0400, Al Nikolov wrote: On Monday 03 May 2010 00:28:55 Frank Lin PIAT wrote: Description : Goban screensaver The short description should not include the package name, maybe something like: screen saver replaying games of Go Replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen. The long description could/should also mention: - that it's a screen-saver. If this is mentioned in the short description? The short description is like the subject of an email. see developper-reference[1]. - that it is Designed to work with xscreensaver and Gnome. I don't think it should be linked with Gnome somehow. I suppose it should only mention Gnome if it actually uses Gnome libs, or if integrates with gnome properly. (My suggestion was based on my understanding of upstream's website). Xscreensaver is almost standard part of every usual desktop installation, at least for Gnome/KDE, and it is in Required. xscreensaver is not part of Lenny/Gnome desktop. I would file a bug if Squeeze/Gnome were recommending xscreensaver. Anyway, it doesn't matter to mention xscreensaver in the description, the package will depend on it, isn't it? - which historical games of go are replayed? (the game played using cgoban, right?) Well, no. Actually the original source tarball is consisting of some set of historic games which can be easily extended/replaced by user. Even though this is possible, I suppose that very few users will do it, so it isn't the main feature. So, maybe something like: This is a screen saver that replays some games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk). The pre-recorded games shipped in the packages were recorded during various tournaments (please review this description carefully, especially the statement in the second sentence). Feel free to improve/rewrite my suggestions. Franklin [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-synopsis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272926149.3999.1115.ca...@solid.paris.klabs.be
Bug#579675: ITP: goban -- Goban screensaver / copyright issue
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 22:36 +0400, Al Nikolov wrote: * Package name: goban * URL : http://draves.org/goban/ * License : GPL From what I understood, the package contains a copy of some games that were recorded during some tournaments. The records are retrieved from [1], but the website mention: « The databases on this site are a service to the Go Community:The databases have been compiled by Jan van Rongen and are his copyright. They can be distributed freely, as long as this copyright statement is distributed with them. The databases shall not be made part of any [non] commercially available database collection of games of go without the written permission of Jan van Rongen. » 1. Do you think Jan van Rongen actually owns some copyright on those files (I am not sure if he played any of those games) 2. If Jan van Rongen owns some copyright, I am afraid the games are non-free (are they). Description : Goban screensaver Replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen. Regards, Franklin [1] http://www.xs4all.nl/~rongen17/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272926518.3999.1152.ca...@solid.paris.klabs.be
Bug#579675: ITP: goban -- Goban screensaver
Hello, On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 22:36 +0400, Al Nikolov wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Al Nikolov cl...@debian.org * Package name: goban Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Scott Draves s...@draves.org * URL : http://draves.org/goban/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Goban screensaver The short description should not include the package name, maybe something like: screen saver replaying games of Go Replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen. The long description could/should also mention: - that it's a screen-saver. - that it is Designed to work with xscreensaver and Gnome. - which historical games of go are replayed? (the game played using cgoban, right?) Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272832135.5782.2121.ca...@solid.paris.klabs.be
Bug#579675: ITP: goban -- Goban screensaver
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Al Nikolov cl...@debian.org * Package name: goban Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Scott Draves s...@draves.org * URL : http://draves.org/goban/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Goban screensaver Replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100429183649.19603.85519.report...@home-br0
