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regarding DFSG violation
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Package: beneath-a-steel-sky
Severity: serious
One man asked me to upload a package into debian which contains a blob
without source. When i denied to upload it he routed an example Your
package (beneath-a-steel-sky), which contains files like sky.cpt which
has no sources and is distributed as binary file.
This situation is DFSG violation (p.2). Also this mediacontent has no
license terms in debian/copyright (only copyright holder is refered).
At least package should be splited into two packages and the first part
should be moved to contrib part of debian, second part must be moved
into non-free three. I haven't found license terms about game content.
If it isn't freeware, it couldn't be placed in non-free, in this case
You can write a script downloading mediacontent when Your package is
installed.
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This issue comes up from time to time, and the answer is always the same
(and has so far been considered satisfactory); the only source
available for this game data is sky.cpt. Even the makers of the games
don't have any other data (anymore). While there probably were some
tools available to create this data at some point, they are nowhere to
be found any longer. The engine to play the game is ScummVM, and full
sources for ScummVM is available.
The users of Debian and Free Software (our priorities) in no way
benefits from removing this game data from the archives, nor from moving
it to non-free.
If you want to help make Debian free from non-free software, how about
writing replacements for the non-free GNU documentation or helping
improve gnash or the various video drivers that are still severely
crippled compared to their non-free counterparts (in some cases, like
GMA500, even the non-free version is seriously crappy compared to the
Windows drivers; it's probably an even better candidate for
contribution).
As for your concern that debian/copyright somehow lacks the license, I
have a hard time understanding your point. I can clearly see both
Copyright statement and license in that file (though it is, from a legal
point of view a bit lacking, since (C) does not have any legally binding
relevance; only Copyright, Cpr. and © does).
If you find the license confusing, there's even a pre-amble that
provides a simplified version.
Regards: David
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