> This package is not redistributable due to patented game design in Japan > (and maybe others) and should remove from Debian. Please read the > comments at the ITP[0] of mog from several other Debian members for more > information.
I have read them and I still disagree to you. Youo claim it is patented, however a search of my side on the following places didn't yield any results: - http://www.patents.ibm.com/ - http://www.uspto.gov - http://www.european-patent-office.org - http://www.jpo.go.jp/ Please tell me which patents these are. > * The title screen in "start.pcx" which includes the trademark "Konami" > and a derived game logo. Compare the layout and font of the words; they > look like a near-exact match, with just a color change and an increased > size. Creating an original logo design, and avoiding the trademarked > company name would solve this issue. For reference, BTW, a quick search > on the USPTO website indicates that there are no trademarks on the game > name itself, only on "Konami"; on the other hand, choosing an original > game name would avoid some extra trouble, and make it easier to claim > the logo image is original. No more words of Konami can be found in the package in sid. Should there be any problems with the name of the game, I can change it, any suggestions? Pac Man and Bomber Man clones are called what they are too, not different names. > * The Konami logo in konami.pcx; trademarked and copyrighted by Konami. > This should be removed entirely, as should any and all references to > the word "konami" in the entire work. This was also fixed with: http://bugs.debian.org/341501 > * It is possible, given these issues, that some of the other graphics > were not drawn from scratch, and may be modified versions of the > original graphics. Most look original to me, but to be certain, it > would be a good idea to contact the original author of the graphics set. > Any non-original graphics need to be replaced by original graphics. I can not really check that, however I have forwarded your concerns to upstream but haven't gotten a reply yet. Feel free to send me a more detailed report on which graphics exactly and I can try to work out to replace them. Cheers, Gürkan
