Hello *, On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 10:37:01AM -0500, Sam Hart wrote: > >> 1266 days: tuxtype (0 waiting, new pkg, has RC bugs) [Rune B. Broberg] > >> Copyright issues (see bug 218908). Jeroen wrote "let's see if someone > >> interested jumps in, otherwise, removal seems to be the best option to > >> me." > >> -- on 21 June. Someone said that they were trying to make a sponsored > >> upload on 18 August; I've pinged them. > > [...] > Nearly every graphic, sound and animation was something that I created > except for a few images which were pulled from the Copyright Free Photo > Archive here: http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/index.html
...and the copyright (and redistribution terms) for those images needs to be explicitely listed. Only _most_ of the pictures at this archive are really free to use, as I understand it. E.g. this archive lists the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as one of their main sources, but the FWS say "Not all the information on our site is in the public domain. Some images/graphics are licensed for use under the copyright law, [...]" (<http://www.fws.gov/help/policies.html#copyright>). Please see <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=218908;msg=29> for a longer list dealing with tuxtype_1.5.3 (not in Debian, but parts of this list apply to 1.0 currently present in Debian as well, see <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=218908;msg=41>. > Beyond the 1.0 release, there may have been some graphics that Graphics, sound files and fonts. > originated from somewhere else, I'm afraid you'd have to track down and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ask Jesse Andrews for those details. > [...] > If anyone is willing to work with me to identify what /specifically/ is > needed for it, I'd be more than obliged. Methinks you already named it as underlined above, but possibly some other people might want to chime in at this point... BTW, there's someone interested in maintaining tuxtype, but currently his approach seems to be to remove all questionable media files from the package... Nathanael Nerode is on the spot, however. Cheers, Flo
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