-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 July 29th 2010 in Debian Bug #590734 thread "simutrans: Non-free license terms".
Hi. > Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@43-1.org> writes: >> Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jord...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Simutrans has a non-free license. In the source tree, >>> simutrans/copyright.txt forbids modification and commercial use of >>> Simutrans, despite claiming to otherwise be under the artistic >>> license. >> It does say that selling and modification is forbidden without >> written permission by the author, but says that the source code is >> available under the Artistic License later. I would think that >> counts as written permission? > Upstream's reply has made it clear that this is indeed the intended > interpretation. [...] > <http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=5653.msg54871#msg54871> In this thread [0] the head developer "prissi" he states simutrans can't be sold: > This is there for historic reasons and since we really want to make > clear that _selling simutrans is not allowed_. The artistic licence > is not that strong in that aspect. > The author may do as he/she likes. I can write I put it under > artistic licence but _in addition_ to clause xyz I _explicitely forbid > selling_ of the compiled program unless a written note is given. This > is essentiall the same but with less legalese. [O]: http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=1865 Regards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREIAAYFAkxSRuwACgkQZ4DA0TLic4glIwCfeZuctq0MLrcece7DCrQrzP+/ /3QAn1Pp1EcGHiWoWkEnwWSbqc8p2bRq =U2gP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
