Re: Legal opinion : partly non free graphics
--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Xavier Bachelot <xavier(a)bachelot.org> wrote:
From: Xavier Bachelot <xavier(a)bachelot.org>
Subject: Legal opinion : partly non free graphics
To: "RPM Fusion developers discussion list"
<rpmfusion-developers(a)lists.rpmfusion.org>
Cc: "Tom Callaway" <spot(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 7:36 PM
Hi,
I'm reviewing a package that is a re-implementation of a
proprietary
game. The code is written from scratch, but some of the
artwork
(graphics) is still taken from the original game. All of
the graphics
are going to be replaced but it's not finished yet. Roughly
half of it
has been replaced. Would that be allowed in RPM Fusion or
not ?
My feeling is the game is not acceptable until all the
graphics have
been replaced, but I'd like more educated opinions.
Actually, it would
then be eligible for Fedora, imo.
http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024
http://pushover.sf.net
Regards,
Xavier
I'm not a Lawyer or anything, but I would pose this question: Are the non-free
graphics allowed to be redistributed? If the license states that they are, but can't
be altered, or used for commercial purposes then I would be inclined to say they are
permissible as a non-free package, but if it says they cannot be redistributed at all,
then we can't use them. If you do intend to clean it up by substituting free artwork,
audio, etc. and that would make it Fedora eligible, the Fedora Artwork team may be able to
help with making free replacements.
Regards,
John