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and subject line Bug#1021101: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #1018969,
regarding assaultcube-data: difficult copyright situation
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Package: assaultcube-data
Version: 1.2.0.2.1-3
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.3
Control: affects -1 assaultcube
When I was looking into updating assaultcube to the new upstream release, I was
prompted by #935669#57
to look into the copyright situation..
Before diving into it, I'd like to state that I believe upstream that hey have
done their due diligence to ensure that they are able to redistribute their
package.
Upstream tells on their license site [1[ that it is ok to distribute the
package unmodified.
they gave Debian specic license to repack where appropiate, but only to make
packaging easier. [2] [3]
however they reserve the right revoke that license *at any time*; even if they
try to find a resolution
before, but they explictily reserve the right to revoke.
Additionally, looking in the assaultcube data files package, there are several
files with unclear
copyright status or file origin, a few are just "all rights reserved".
I fear that above puts a risk on Debian that I'm not sure if we should take
this.
My proposal to resolve would be to modify assaultcube-data, so that it will
directly download
and install the *data* files needed to play assaultcube.
(The package assaultcube -- without -data is the game engine and licensed under
a zlib-like
license. This engine package is not a problem at all to have in Debian)
[1] https://assault.cubers.net/docs/license.html
[2]
https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/assaultcube-data/-/blob/master/debian/copyright#L119
[3] http://forum.cubers.net/thread-4150.html
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tobi
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Version: 1.2.0.2.1-3+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package assaultcube-data has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1021101
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
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