Package: xmille Version: 2.0-13+b2 Severity: serious Tags: upstream Justification: Policy 4.5
Dear Maintainer, I have been researching old terminal and X games recently, and realized that much of the code from 'xmille' orignated from the terminal game 'mille', which is part of bsdgames. Specifically, the following files are notably similar between the two games: comp.c end.c extern.c init.c mille.c & mille.h misc.c move.c types.h varpush.c Many of these even contain telltale BSD version/date comments, even a few not listed above that are common but extensively re-written. However, all of the original source files contain the 3-term BSD license, as follows: * Copyright (c) 1982, 1993 * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software * without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. This has been stripped out of all code in the xmille distribution. Also, none of the included materials give credit to the original author, Ken Arnold. I'm not sure what the best solution is, exactly. Extensively patch the source until it complies with the BSD license again? Presumably, the copyright file needs to change at the very least. Ryan
