Thanks!!! Really, lots of thanks!! :) I've just emailed the author again about it. His answer to my previous email was: "Their licenses are permitting everything if you write my name anywhere on the readme.". In the original text, is "please tell me via mail or other means" written in a way that suggests a requisite or just a suggestion? Or is it ambiguous? It's quite important because if it's a requisite, it cannot go into Debian main.
In any case, I've asked upstream about it. I'll keep you informed :) Thanks a lot!! Greetings, Miry 2007/9/7, Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm packaging some games from a japanese developer, and it seems that > the > > license texts are in Japanese. The original tarballs include some .txt > files > > ( http://users.alioth.debian.org/~baby-guest/tmp/ ) and seem to say that > the > > license under which they can be distributed is: > > http://www5.atwiki.jp/yaruhara/pages/56.html. According to upstream > "Their > > licenses are permitting everything if you write my name anywhere on the > > readme.". I have the translation provided by google, but I want/need to > have > > a proper translation to put into debian/copyright. > > > > Can anyone around there who knows Japanese give me a helping hand with > all > > this stuff? > > It sounds like a 'mailware' to me, but it probably needs some checking > with > the author. > > > I assume the original is this: > > 免責・著作・配布 > 柔かいコト > 本ゲームは「みんなで楽しく」やわらかいです。 > > 本ゲームを改造したりイジったバージョンを配布しても、何らOKです。改造たのしーい！ > 改造したところや改造した人の名前を、分かりやすいところに書いておくと > いいかもしれません。 > > ナイスな改造が出来たら メールなどで教えて。俺にも遊ばせてください。 > > 改造とか一切してないものは好きにコピーして配布しちゃって結構結構。 > > > > rough translation: > > Disclaimer / Copyright / Redistribution > > Soft (as in simple, easy) stuff. > > This game is "for everyone's fun", and it's soft stuff. > > if you redistribute modified or changed version, that's > OK. Modification is fun! It might be better to note down the > places of modification and the name of the person who modified it > in a location which is obvious. > > If you could make a cool modification, please tell me via mail or > other means. Let me enjoy your modifications too. > > If you have not done any modifications, you can freely distribute > without problems. > > > regards, > junichi > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED],netfort.gr.jp} Debian Project >
