Hallo Patrick! On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:28:59PM +0100, Patrick Maier wrote: > For the DVD of the coming or of a subsequent edition we ask you to give us > your approval to use your game Battle for Wesnoth.
You don't need any explicit approval to add a copy of Battle for Wesnoth to a DVD. It's a free one and the GPL license allows it. Nevertheless it is a really good idea! It helps to make the game even more popular and I'm sure many will enjoy it. > Alternatively a permission by e-mail would be fine, too. > > I hope this is the correct address for this request. If not, please > forward this to the right one or email me. Is it. > A final question: did you use any material protected by copyright for your > game (e.g. graphics or music from other games or films)? Sorry, but it is a stupid question! Any material is protected by copyright, especially in Germany! (There is no way to give your own Copyright away which is possible in the US and is used for public domain stuff). See e.g. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain What you probably want to know is whether it is legally OK for you to distribute a copy of the game. It is. The GPL grants the following rights (let me quote http://www.debian.org/intro/free.en.html): * You can install the software on as many machines as you want. * Any number of people may use the software at one time. * You can make as many copies of the software as you want and give them to whomever you want (free or open redistribution). * There are no restrictions on modifying the software (except for keeping certain notices intact). * There is no restriction on distributing, or even selling, the software. For details you should read the (really well known and widely accepted) GPL license. > Herewith we approve the publication of the below mentioned program > on the DVD of the coming edition 05/2008 or on a subsequent edition > of the magazine GameStar. > > Name: Battle for Wesnoth > 21.02.2008 Jens Seidel > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Date, Signature Jens _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
