"Joe Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Jan Christoph Nordholz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Is the archive granting rights without the authors' consent here?
> > Or does such downloading fall under "fair use"?
>
> The IF-archive has always existed for the
Hi Joe,
] The IF-archive has always existed for the express purpose of publishing
] author's Interactive fiction works, tools, and in some cases code. The
] very act of uploading a file fairly explicltly implies consent for
] personal use.
I know that - that's exactly what my question was about.
"Jan Christoph Nordholz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Ok, just what I thought - but would it be different if I converted the
package to download those files during postinst, similar to flash-
plugin? Does that README's "free for personal use" apply at all,
so I c
> I would say you're (unfortunately) right.
> With current copyright laws (in virtually all jurisdictions) no
> explicit permission to redistribute means that the work is legally
> undistributable [1].
>
> [1] except for very limited exceptions (i.e.: fair use, fair dealing,
> and similar), which
On Sun, 4 May 2008 16:22:46 +0200 Jan Christoph Nordholz wrote:
[...]
> This says nothing about non-commercial distribution - and because of
> that and (even if that README allowed it) because this README is not
> a click-through agreement that every submitter of that archive has to
> acknowledge
Hi d-legal@ regulars,
I've recently adopted Mark Baker's inform package. It's non-free beyond
doubt, but I'm worried about the distributability of several files
therein:
Besides the "official upstream content", i.e. compiler, library, manuals,
which is covered by a 'distributable if no substantia
On Sun, 04 May 2008 18:37:06 +0800 Wen-Yen Chuang wrote:
[...]
> Francesco Poli wrote:
> > I would certainly recommend removing the logos.
>
> Thanks to Josselin, Joe, and Francesco.
You're welcome.
>
> There is a way to skip those logos by modifying source code of
> ScummVM. [1]
> But I think
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>As far as I know, currently there is no easy way to edit those game
>data. So beneath-a-steel-sky, flight-of-the-amazon-queen, and
>lure-of-the-temptress should be in non-free segment.
Another great victory for free software.
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ciao,
Marco
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Josselin Mouette wrote:
> The license doesn’t seem to prevent removal of the logos.
Joe Smith wrote:
> The licence of the games most certainly is not intended to extend to
> modification of the logos. Removal of the logos may be fine (if
> possible re
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