On 2014/03/13 17:09, Brian Callahan wrote: > > On 03/13/14 16:02, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Pascal Schmid wrote: > >>port of the DOS shoot-em-up Tyrian > >> > >>Tested on amd64 and macppc (both -current) > >> > >I attached your ports with some changes. IMO, the ports are OK but I see > >a problem in "data". Where the license says that we can distribute the > >tarball and the distfile? > > > > I'm not sure what you're asking here. I think there is some confusion > because there is a license file inside the data .zip but the website it is > downloaded from has the following: > > "Tyrian has been released as freeware by Jason Emery."
That really doesn't mean anything. What we need is either an explicit release to the public domain, or a copyright notice with a license grant permitting distribution/modification/whatever is needed. An alternative would be to just package the game engine itself but avoid including the data; instead tell people (in MESSAGE or README) how to download and install it.
