On 03/14/2014 03:27 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> > 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. > For something to land in the "our" domain of software, it must either > have the word Copyright or the words Public Domain. Without those > words, the content has not been dragged into the right sphere, and > all rights might still be privately held. > >
Just to get this right: We can't include the data files - OK. But would it be OK to add a MESSAGE line to tell users how to download the files? In case the website goes offline due to license reasons the port would be unusable.
