I suspected that the upstream notice refers to the non-free music and
sounds, but it can't hurt to be certain.

The licensing FAQ[1] of upstream states the following:

"All source code found on this site is available under the GNU General
Public License (often referred to as the GPL). You can obtain a copy of
the license by clicking here [link to GPLv2]."

"Please make sure you are aware of the terms of this license before
installing or running our software. Please also note that game assets
are Non Free and should not be included as part of a Linux distribution
or made available in any repositories."

This is more clear than "This game should not be added to Linux
distributions or respositories." And it does seem to also suggest that
the non-free data is the only problem. According to Wikipedia[2],
"artwork (including textures and 3D models), sound effects and music,
text, dialogue" are game assets.

Note that there might be other non-free data besides just music and
sounds; only source code is released under GPL.

I have already emailed upstream and received an inconclusive response.
After replying and making my request more specific, I am waiting for a
response. I have attached the correspondence. I will keep you updated
with any response(s).

[1] http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/faqs.php#License%20FAQ
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_development#Duration

** Attachment added: "correspondence with upstream"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17547124/upstream-contact.txt

-- 
blobwars license restrictions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268397
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

Reply via email to