Free enough for FE

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Wed Nov 1 20:39:55 UTC 2006



Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le mercredi 01 novembre 2006 à 11:45 -0600, Rex Dieter a écrit :
>> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>
>>> Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede at ...> writes:
>>>> The only real distribution restriction is: "You may not charge a fee for
>>>> the
>>> game
>>>> itself. This includes reselling the game as an individual item."
>>> IMHO, this is essentially the same as the Bitstream Vera license.
>>> "The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but no
>>> copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by itself."
>>> (from /usr/share/doc/dejavu-lgc-fonts-2.10/LICENSE)
>> That was the only cause that raised my eyebrow, but what's good for the
>> goose (bitstream-vera) is good for the gander (here).
> 
> I Vera's case Bitstream clarified they consider the rpm itself a "larger
> software package". So I'm not sure at all the precedent applies
> 
> (you should probably just add a R to something else so your rpm is never
> installable standalone)
> 

I will it will require scummvm, which in turn will require several
libs.

So if I'm reading this correct then there are no objections?

I'll let this thread "run" for a couple of more days and if there are still no objections then, then I'll start working on a package.

Regards,

Hans




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