Yep; everything we made ourselves is under the GPL. Steve
2009/9/11 Sylvain Beucler <b...@beuc.net> > Hello and thanks for your fast answer, > > > For the sake of clarity, can we assume that the other data, made by > you, are released under the GNU GPL? > > > (To answer your question, some data such as musics may be illegal to > merely copy/distribute, that's why we can't include them in > distributions.) > > -- > Sylvain > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:16:23AM +0100, Stephen Sweeney wrote: > > Hmmmm, this could become a game of picking and choosing, but here's how > > things stack up (non-Free) > > > > Starfighter - Music, sound effects, graphics > > Metal Blob Solid - Music and sound effects > > Blob And Conquer - Music, sound effects and likely some of the textures > > Virus Killer - Music and sound effects > > Legend of Edgar - Music and sound effects > > > > When I was originally approached about packaging the games for Linux > > distributions, I pointed out that many of the resources were non-Free, > but I > > was told that this didn't matter, since the resources could just be > packaged > > separately. I guess that wasn't really how it worked out. > > > > Replacing the resources is certainly an option, but could be very time > > consuming. However, if people are willing to give it a go, then there is > no > > harm. > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > Steve > > > > 2009/9/10 Sylvain Beucler <b...@beuc.net> > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm part of the FreeDesktop Games group and the Debian Games Team. > > > > > > First, thanks for working on the great Parallel Realities games :) > > > > > > > > > There was some recent debate on the license used on the games data. > > > > > > From what we could gather, most of the sounds and musics were picked > > > from the Internet and so may not be freely distributable - but several > > > people are interested in providing replacements for the sounds, as > > > well as in packaging versions without sound meanwhile, this is being > > > fixed already. > > > > > > > > > So we are wondering about all the other data, that Parallel Realities > > > crafted: the game levels, the texts, the 3D models, the textures, the > > > cutscenes, etc. Are they released under the GNU GPL, like the game > > > engine? > > > > > > There is a note on the website stating that data is non-free, and > > > we're unsure whether this applies to these data too. Could you > > > clarify? Perhaps we can work on a list of files, or we can use > > > categories of works like "everything except the musics and sounds". > > > > > > Ideally, we'd like you to mention it in the source releases and on the > > > website. Alternatively, mentioning it in this discussion while > > > keeping the mailing list in Cc: would help too. > > > > > > By the way, our question concerns Blob Wars, Blob and Conquer, > > > StarFigher, Virus Killer, but also The Legend of Edgar, which is > > > newer. > > > > > > > > > All the best with your games and books :) > > > > > > -- > > > Sylvain > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The Honour of the Knights > > http://www.battleforthesolarsystem.com > -- The Honour of the Knights http://www.battleforthesolarsystem.com
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