Mon 17 Oct 2011 10:20:52 PM UTC, original submission:
In beneath-a-steel-sky_0.0372.orig.tar.gz/beneath-a-steel-sky_0.0372.orig.tar/ bass-cd-1.2/readme.txt I found the following. The preamble worries concerned me, with the comment that "using it in things like commercial adventure game collections without asking is just playing dirty." Why should you have to ask? The FSF's free software definition they say that "Being free to do these things means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay for permission to do so."
But point #3 also seems to raise freedom problems because, again per the FSF, "you should be free to redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to anyone anywhere."
The Legal Stuff:
Preamble:
Basically, give this game away, share it with your friends. Don't remove this
Readme, or pretend you wrote it. You can include it in a software collection,
like a linux distribution or coverdisk (which may be sold), but using it in things like commercial adventure game collections without asking is just playing dirty. This preamble is not legally binding, but is to clarify the intent of the
following license.
License:
1) You may distribute this game for free on any medium, provided this readme
and all associated copyright notices and disclaimers are left intact.
2) You may charge a reasonable copying fee for this archive, and may distribute it in aggregate as part of a larger & possibly commercial software distribution (such as a Linux distribution or magazine coverdisk). You must provide proper attribution and ensure this readme and all associated copyright notices, and
disclaimers are left intact.
3) You may not charge a fee for the game itself. This includes reselling the game as an individual item.
4) You may modify the game as you wish. You may also distribute modified versions under the terms set forth in this license, but with the additional requirement that the work is marked with a prominent notice which states that it is a modified version.
5) All game content is (C) Revolution Software Ltd. The ScummVM engine is (C)
The ScummVM Team (www.scummvm.org)
6) THE GAMEDATA IN THIS ARCHIVE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
|