On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 07:35:04AM -0700, Carlos Donizete Froes wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > > Thanks. However, I after checking the post [1], > > - this seems to be a fan-forum, not the "official" one. > > - there is nothing noted in the post that the game assets are under a free > > license, nor that it is in Public Domain. > > - Contraire, the thread explains well that the copyright is "all > > rights reserved" > > by default, and the original author "Pixel himself is historically very > > closed-source/distribution-without-modification biased so it'd be an > > uphill > > battle either way." > > > > IANAL, but IMHO _this_ is a high legal risk for the Debian project. Please > > remove cavestory-nx from all Debian servers immediatly, at least until this > > is > > solved. (Also Set the salsa repository to private) > > I understand, it's a shame that the game data is very obscure in the > part of the license.
Unfortunatly copyright law is "all rights reserved unless otherwise noted" so rights must be explicitly granted. Addtitionally, especially in this case, and paired with the ambiguity of the word free (as in libre vs. as in beer) makes it not easier to judge. > I am removing this package from mentors.d.n and also from salsa.d.o Thanks for your prompt reaction! > > Frankly, you should only fork for important reasons. Minor changes are not. > > Instead, work together with cavestory-nx and get your fixes merged. > > I understood in this case, as this my project there are no important > traces to the license on the game data, there is no reason to continue. > > I'm getting ready for another game project for Debian. :) Looking forward for it. Please do not hesitate to ping me if you have something to review! Cheers, -- tobi > Thanks! > > -- > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Carlos Donizete Froes (a.k.a coringao) <corin...@riseup.net> > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Fingerprint: 2157 630B D441 A775 BEFF D35F FA63 ADA6 B638 B780 > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ Debian Wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/coringao > ⠈⠳⣄
