On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 02:15:24AM +0000, Christoph Baumann wrote: > Hi! > > The game maelstrom has been released with a completely new source code and > is now licenced under GPL. The following text is included in the source > tar ball: > <quote> > The source code to Maelstrom 3.0 and higher has been released under > the GNU General Public License which can be found in COPYING.GPL. > > The artwork and sounds used by Maelstrom are copyright Ambrosia Software > (http://www.ambrosiasw.com) and may not be redistributed separately from > the Maelstrom public GPL release. > > The following files must accompany any distribution of Maeltrom 3.0: > Ambrosia_Software,_Inc._FAQ > MaelstromGPL_press_release > They can be found in the Docs directory. > > Copying, modifying, bundling, and burning to new ROMs is encouraged! > </quote> > > The question is: is this non-free or not. The graphics are copyright of > Ambrosia, but there is no statement that restricts anything more than > stated above. Would it still be free if the artwork can only be > distributed with the game?
This has some problems. It says it's GPL'ed, and then adds new requirements (to bring these documents along.) About the graphics, I think it was decided that the graphics in this case are part of the software, and therefor must be free, which they aren't. (Leaving of the discussion/flamewar about whether they would need to be free if they weren't part of the software.) Look up Postilion in the archives for more discussion on the subject. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only a nerd would worry about wrong parentheses with square brackets. But that's what mathematicians are. -- Dr. Burchard, math professor at OSU
