[games sig] Downloader for shareware data files for gpl engines such as vavoom

[Hans de Goede]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Hans de Goede (j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl) said: 
>>> Someone building an OS on top of it may not qualify for the
>>> 'normal access fees' test.
>> Someone building an OS on top would be in trouble with any freely 
>> distributable content, as freely distributable != being able to build on 
>> top of it. This thus seems a non argument as the guidelines talk about 
>> "to freely distribute" wich clear != "to build a(n) XXXX on top of it"
> 
> Huh?
> 
> If you can't build XXX on top of it and distribute it, that's not
> freely distributable.
> 

If you build on top of you are using / modifying / extending, In essence 
you're creating a derative work see GPL vs LGPL for libraries. No where 
in the guidelines it says (for firmware / content) that derative works 
have to be allowed, it only says freely distributable.

<snip going offtopic / making the discussion larger then soley the quake 
shareware distribtion license >

Regards,

Hans