Bug#861612: pixbros: level designs appear to be non-free

[Markus Koschany]

Am 10.05.2017 um 20:56 schrieb Adrian Bunk:
> On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 03:50:21PM +0200, Steve Cotton wrote:
>> ...
>> Oh well at least this will resolve the Fenix-is-not-64-bit bugs.
> 
> Is pixfrogger also affected?
> 

I think all images and graphics in pixfrogger are genuine and not copied
from another (non-free) game.

I had a look a this bug report and I disagree with the assumption that
the level designs are non-free. You can clearly see by comparing the
screenshots from the original game and pixbros, that textures and
graphics are completely different. Yes, the level design of pixbros
resembles those of the other non-free games but it is not a direct copy.
Also the gameplay is much different. I am not aware of any design
patents for those non-free games hence I am quite sure that there is no
risk for Debian or any breach of law.

However the screenshots in recursos/floors don't depict levels in
pixbros but those of the original games which are copyrighted. Since the
original games are non-free, I would suggest to remove them from the
tarball.

Regards,

Markus


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