On 06/17/2017 07:41 PM, Christian Dersch wrote: > On 06/17/2017 07:33 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:45:54AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: >>> Björn 'besser82' Esser wrote: >>> >>>> Am 16.06.2017 um 22:52 schrieb Artur Iwicki: >>>>> I took a shot at packaging the game and it went rather smoothly. The only >>>>> issue I have is that the level packs don't really have a licence; the >>>>> only copyright info is a line at the end of the readme, stating: "This >>>>> package [...] may be distributed freely, as long as its contents are left >>>>> intact and unmodified." >>>>> >>>>> Is that enough for Fedora, and if yes - what should the License tag for >>>>> the package say? >>>> I'd apply the 'firmware guidelines' [1] here: >>>> >>>> > The License tag for any firmware that disallows modification must be >>>> set to: "Redistributable, no modification permitted" >>> That licensing exception applies *only* to firmware, and I'm pretty sure >>> the >>> content in question here cannot be argued to be firmware (please correct me >>> if I'm wrong). >> The guidelines say (in the section about shareware, but I think that's just >> poor >> editing, because there's nothing specific to shareware in the reasoning): >> >> However, it is worth noting that some non-executable content >> exists that is required to make Open Source applications >> functional. An example of this would be open sourced game engines, >> such as Doom, Heretic, and Descent. These game engines come with >> freely distributable [...] gamedata files. >> >> In this case, the gamedata files can be packaged and included in >> Fedora, as long as the files meet the requirements for binary >> firmware. >> >> ... and the requirements for firmware are: non-executable, not >> libraries, standalone, "available under an acceptable firmware >> license, which is included with the files in the packaging" and >> "necessary for the functionality of open source code being included in >> Fedora [...] where no other reliable and supported mechanisms >> exist.". I think the game data satisfies those requirements. >> > I agree with Björn and Rex here and think it is now allowed. We even had > such cases in the past where packages (also game with nonfree data) had > to be removed. If in doubt: Better ask Fedora Legal about this, they can > give a statement on this. Either ask on their mailing list or add the > review request bug here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=FE-Legal > Only agree with Rex of course, misread indentation here…
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