Why not put a reference to the website in the loading page, or the credits, or maybe in a special button on the main menu? If we make the reference to the website part of the game itself, and throw in a reference to the GPL, than it becomes a self-referencing program that is freely distributable by anyone without modification.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:28 AM, jeremy rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the GPL explicitely specify that pointing to a website that provides > the code is enough > > since they don't plan to modify the sourcecode, pointing to our website is > sufficiant > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 14:10:13 +0100, > > Jens Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > * There is no restriction on distributing, or even selling, the > software. > > > > That isn't true. If they distribute it (which they are planning to) they > > need to provide source to the people they provide it to. My understanding > > of this (Packtrick's people should read the license) is that pointing to > > the Wesnoth copy of the source isn't good enough, they need to provide > > the service themselves in order to guaranty availability. > > > > > > > For details you should read the (really well known and widely accepted) > > > GPL license. > > > > Absolutely. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they're different." ------------------------------------------------------------------- John W. C. McNabb ------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
