Bug#590734: simutrans: Non-free license terms

[Mario Castelan Castro]

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July 31th 2010 in Debian Bug #590734 thread "simutrans: Non-free license
terms".

Hi.

>> I would rather suggesst the simutrans developers to update their
>> license to the Artistic License 2.0 or to include an "or any later
>> version" clause.  The AL 2.0 keeps the essence of the old version
>> with a clean wording.

> Didn't you do so and they rejected that idea?  I admit I would reject
> such idea as well if asked in the way you did (the "Open Letter").  In
> any case, that is not an issue for Debian and should if at all be
> discussed upstream.

I originally suggessted the Simutrans team to use the GNU General Public
License [0].  They moved the thread containing the letter to a lesser
section of the forum, locked it and setup a ban on my IP and user at the
forum by arguing the letter is "GPL spam".  They made no comment about
the suggesstions themselves, just competely dodge them.  Maybe they are
not so hostile about the successor of their current license.

I will describe in depth the problem with the current simutrans
licensing in a blog [1] which I opened for tracking the overall issue.

Regards.

[0]: http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=5574.msg54070#msg54070
[1]: http://freesimutrans.wordpress.com/
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