Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread MJ Ray
Alex de Oliveira Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if it is a good program because it have images from Mario (a trademark of Nintendo[1]). I'm sending one copy of this email to debian-legal. On the other hand, if somebody wants to package a SMC please look if it is possible,

Re: Is this legal? [RFP: djohn -- Distributed password cracker]

2007-01-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:25:08AM -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: Hi, I was checking some old RFP's and I find this one. Is a little program that distribute the job of cracking passwords using John the Ripper. I think this is not totally legal to be packaged officially for Debian.

Re: Is this legal? [RFP: djohn -- Distributed password cracker]

2007-01-04 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Donnellan escribió: Password cracking in itself has always been legal AFAIK. Using password crackers to crack other peoples systems without permission (ie. illegally obtaining access) is definitely illegal. There are legitimate uses for

Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez
Dear MJ Ray, On 1/4/07, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex de Oliveira Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if it is a good program because it have images from Mario (a trademark of Nintendo[1]). I'm sending one copy of this email to debian-legal. On the other hand, if somebody

Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread MJ Ray
Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you mean it could be included in main using alternative graphics instead of the current ones. If it would not be possible to change the current images, I'd like to know: couldn't be smc included into debian? couldn't be smc

Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Thursday 04 January 2007 10:24, MJ Ray wrote: Sorry about the conditionals. I don't know Nintendo's work well enough to have a strong opinion whether or not smc's graphics infringe Nintendo's copyright. The images are certainly imitating Nintendo's Mario games, but according to the web

Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez
On 1/4/07, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you mean it could be included in main using alternative graphics instead of the current ones. If it would not be possible to change the current images, I'd like to know: couldn't be smc

Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread Alex de Oliveira Silva
Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez escreveu: On 1/4/07, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you mean it could be included in main using alternative graphics instead of the current ones. If it would not be possible to change the

Re: Bug#405441: ITP: smc -- A Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++

2007-01-04 Thread Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez
I can see It'll be a problem for the upstream but I have talked with him so I'll suggest that he should change those graphics to another because maybe he'll have problems in the future. If he does not want to do it, I just will close the ITP. Regards, -- Muammar El Khatib. Linux user: 403107.