Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: teeworlds not free software

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:26:58 +0100
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi Karl,
> 
> Karl Goetz <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Thought for the benefit of other distros I'd bring [1] to everyones
> > attention. Clause 4 of the licence states:
> > 4. Neither this software nor any of its individual components, in
> > original or modified versions, may be sold by itself.
> 
> Where is this clause?
> 
> The ‘license.txt’ file from the tarball of 0.5.2 lists only 3 clauses:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
> including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
> freely, subject to the following restrictions:
> 
> 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must
> not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this
> software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation
> would be appreciated but is not required.
> 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
> not be misrepresented as being the original software.
> 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
> distribution. --8<---------------cut
> here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

I was referring to the version as shipped in gNS (I didn't think to
check the latest tarballs):

14:42:01 address@hidden:/tmp/teeworlds-0.4.2 $ cat license.txt 
Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Magnus Auvinen

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
  claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
  in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
  appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
distribution. 4. Neither this software nor any of its individual
components, in original or modified versions, may be sold by itself.

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IMPORTANT NOTE! The source under src/engine/external are stripped
libraries with their own licenses. Mostly BSD or zlib/libpng license but
check the individual libraries.

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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