Bug#487218: games-thumbnails: unclear copyright concerns

[Francesco Poli]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:06 +0200 Miriam Ruiz wrote:

> 2008/6/21 Francesco Poli <frx at firenze.linux.it>:
> 
> Hi Francesco,

Hi!  :)

[...]
> > I hope mine is a useful contribution.
> > What I don't fully understand is: what is the purpose of the
> > games-thumbnails package?
> 
> Yes, it definitely is a useful contribution. I guess I´ll have to
> remove the thumbnails for the non-free games from the package and fix
> the copyright notices accordingly.

Let's wait for some input from more legally-knowledgeable people, first.
What I expressed is (obviously) my take on the subject, and my
disclaimers apply (once again: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP).

> 
> The games-thumbnails package is needed for GoPlay!, so that game
> descriptions can show a snapshot of how the game looks like.

Ah, I see.

This is why it has to be a centralized package, and it cannot be
scattered into the various game packages (I mean: each screenshot
included in the corresponding package, just like a menu configuration
entry, an icon, or something similar...): it has to be installable,
without having to install *all* the game packages.
Did I get it right?

If this is the case, it's unfortunate, because, speaking from a
modularity standpoint, I think the place where a screenshot would
"naturally" belong to is the very package of the game from which the
screenshot was taken...

BTW, is there an on-line web-based version of GoPlay!, by chance?
Apart from http://packages.debian.org/testing/games/ , of course...  ;-)

> 
> >> PS: I'm CCing this bug report both to the Debian Games Team mailing list and to Debian Legal, to see if anyone there can clarify the issue.
> >
> > I interpret this as a request to send my reply to you, to the bug
> > submitter, to the bug address, and to the two lists.
> > Please correct me, if I'm wrong.
> 
> Thanks, I meant exactly that :)

I'm re-adding the bug submitter to the list of recipients, then.


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