Hello Daniel,
On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 12:46:12PM +0200, Daniel Heck wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 11:22:33AM +0200, Daniel Heck wrote:
> > > We have a special permission from Andrew Sega (aka Necros) to distribute
> > > menu.s3m with Engima.  He is also listed in the manual
> > > 
> > > http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/manual/enigma_5.html#SEC38
> > 
> > Ok, but the connection Necros = Andrew Sega is less then obvious and
> > this info should not be hidden in a manual somwhere. Maybe the
> > connection Necros could be made at this place as a first step?
> 
> Good point, I just updated the manual in the enigma repository.

Thanks.

> > This page is referenced in several files in the /usr/share/doc/enigma
> > directory. Since the manual is also present on the local system, those
> > links should be updated to point to 
> > 
> > /usr/share/doc/enigma/manual/enigma_5.html
> > 
> > instead of the web page. 
> > 
> > If you want, I can provide a patch which
> > a) Mentions this special permission in the copyright file (what
> >    exactly does this permission allow (redistribution, modification)/
> >    can it be found somewhere?
> > b) Insert Necros in the above page
> > c) Update all links in the debian-files from authors.html to the 
> >    locally provided enigma_5.html
> 
> The "permission" is only an informal Email from Andrew Sega.  It covers
> only distribution as long as proper credit is given.
> 
> This was good enough for me, but I don't know about the Debian policies
> for artwork licenses.

I think it will be at least problematic.

> At this point I think this is mainly a Debian issue, so maybe we simply
> wait for an answer from Erich.

Yes, I agree. But given that he has not jumped in this discussion in
the last 7 days, and this is the third serious bug I am not holding my
breath right now.

Greetings

          Helge
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