On 5/27/05, Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/27/05, Matthijs Kooijman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Matthijs Kooijman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > * Package name : openttd > > Version : 0.4.0.1 > > Upstream Author : Various > > * URL : http://www.openttd.org/ > > * License : GPL > > Description : open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport > > Tycoon Deluxe" > > > > I am working on this package and would like to see it in debian. I am still > > looking for a sponsor until I can apply as NM. > > As far as I understood it, it requires media files from the original > game. Is this correct? Or are there free media files available?
That's correct; and, with or without that dependency, OpenTTD infringes the copyright on Transport Tycoon Deluxe under a "mise en scene" theory, as discussed on debian-legal. (Not to say there's a consensus or anything; but it's not that complicated an issue, and you can draw conclusions from cases like Micro Star v. FormGen even if YANAL.) Though it looks like a lot of fun, OpenTTD belongs on an abandonware site and not on the Debian mirror network, even in non-free. The same, really, applies to freeciv and the innumerable clones of games, from Pac-Man to Doom, with anything resembling characters and a storyline; but that's not a problem for debian-mentors. Cheers, - Michael (IANADD, IANAL, TINLA)
