It seems to me what is needed is an installer program that is unburdened by either the gnu or other licenses that can be sold on these gnu-license-problematic-distribution-systems that will then download and install the free gnu licensed wesnoth packages. Clearly using opensource software on a mac is not a violation of the gnu-license, nor is whatever method you choose to download it (ie, If I download it with IE instead of firefox on a PC...there is no licensing problem).
Such a program should not be too difficult to write, and any money that is made could be used by the developers to maintain/upgrade the program. Heck, it could even be expanded to include free software beyond Wesnoth. Since I am not a heavy users of apple products, I won't likely be participating in the development of such an installer, but it does seem to me to be a way around all of these potential conflicting licenses. Just my $0.02 John McNabb, aka Darth Fool ------------------------------------------------------------------- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice they're different." --Unknown "In the constrained vision, each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late." --T.S., 'A Conflict of Visions' ------------------------------------------------------------------- John W. C. McNabb ------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 01:51, Rusty Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:04:28 am Ben Anderman wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> As you may have heard, Apple just released the new "Mac App Store". > > After previous discussions stalled, I decided to overlook the existing > violation, but contribute no further to Wesnoth. The alternatives seemed > nasty and time-consuming, and I believe no Wesnoth contributor acted in bad > faith to cause the situation. > > BUT this absolutely does not apply to any future violations! Now everyone > is aware that these distrubution methods can be problematic, it is your > responsibility to make sure you are not in violation. > > If not, you have my complete support and blessing; I am interested if the > online channel model offers a valid revenue model for FOSS projects, ie. > being fully aware of their rights, will people pay for convenience, > "officialness", support and updates? I know I would! > > Hope that clarifies, > Rusty. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
