On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 03:46:57PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: Hi,
> I've sent a mail to the c't-reporter who wrote an article about the new > law in germany regarding computer games in the latest edition of the c't > computer magazine. This is his answer below. Sorry that it's in german > and please note that this is no legal advice. > > In short, if we want to respect the laws, it seems we either have to pay > *loads* of money to get the games approved or we dump the games from the > CD. Furthermore, we'd have to make sure that debian-junior games are > also classified (which they are probably not) and would have to check > IDs from the kids. IOW: This would probably be too cumbersome to do, > what a pity. Looks like we have to dump the games. We have the following games (or packages relatet with games) on the CD ATM: junior-games-card ace-of-penguins junior-games-sim freeciv lincity freeciv-gtk freeciv-xaw3d lincity-x junior-games-text bsdgames moon-buggy moon-buggy-esd junior-puzzle codebreaker gtans lmemory rocks-n-diamonds xjig nethack nethack-common nethack-x11 netris tuxracer tuxracer-data xscavenger xtris I hope this list is complete. Please double check! The whole package list is here: ftp://hxt.homelinux.org/1_NONUS.packages_v4 > Warum beschaffen Sie sich nicht f�r die CD-ROM mit der Programmsammlung > eine USK-Einstufung? (www.usk.de) Wenn Sie diese CD dann f�r die > Vorf�hrterminals einsetzen und eine Kennzeichnung "ab 6" oder "ab 12" > bekommen haben, d�rfte es keine Probleme geben - nat�rlich muss nach dem > Buchstaben des Gesetzes selbst dann gew�hrleistet sein, dass etwa keine > Zehnj�hrigen ein Spiel "ab 12" ausprobieren. Die normale Pr�fung kostet > 1000 Euro und dauert bis zu 14 Tage. Sie bezieht sich immer auf den > gesamten Tr�ger, nicht etwa auf jedes einzelne Spiel. Damit w�ren Sie dann > in jeder hinsicht auf der sicheren Seite. This is so brain dead! We should pay 1000EUR to get legitimation so that we're allowed to provide games on the CD. I'm absolutly unsure what to do next. This law is a desaster. Sven -- It really sucks to give your heart to a girl You want to know her like she knows the whole world But 10 seconds in, it's obvious, your going nowhere... [Bowling for Soup - Drunk Enough To Dance - I Don't Wanna Rock]
