Some Questions due to packaging of freesynd

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:49:15PM +0200, skweekml at freesurf.fr wrote:
> Moritz Muehlenhoff a écrit :
>> Miriam Ruiz wrote:
>>>> I wrote you because i don't know if i can upload my package on alioth ?
>>>> The game using some non free data (map/tiles/music) because the 
>>>> right of bullfrog are not in public domain?
>>>> My package is composed only of source code of freesynd engine which 
>>>> are licencied by GPL. I'm explaining to final user how to play with 
>>>> the game   with a procedure to install manually the original data 
>>>> in a specific directory.
>>
>> Tuduri, has freesynd become more usable? Last time I checked (I filed the initial
>> ITP, which has been closed in the mean time), it was a tech demo with
>> the fist level being somewhat walkable, but not actually playable. And
>> I'm not seeing major commits since the last eight months in WebSVN, has
>> development stopped?
>>
>>> I understand that the license allows at least the redistribution, doesn't it?
>>> If the limitations are only that it is allowed for non commercial purposes,
>>> there's nothing illegal about uploading it to mentors. If there are other
>>> limitations, it might depend on the actual text. Do you have an URL where the
>>> license can be read?
>>
>> The license of the re-engineered engine is GPL, the game data is the  
>> game data from the _original_ game, so definitely not distributable in
>> any way whatsoever.
>
> Hello Moritz,
>
> Like you said, the freesynd v0.2 have only the first level which  
> playable. i dunno if the development is stopped because the last commit  
> on the svn is dated 10 month ago but the package of freesynd is just  
> based on the last offical realase (v0.2).

I think we could upload to unstable (maybe it gives the project an additional
boost/testing), but should block it out of a stable update until it has
matured.

> Else, why cannot distribuable? Freesynd cannot enter to contrib  
> category? (due to the code is a free software which use not free data?)

freesynd can enter contrib, but the freesynd download tarball needs to be
pruned from the copyrighted material before upload.

Cheers,
        Moritz