[Repost of a message from Paul Wise by Rudolf Polzer with Paul Wise's permission]
On Sun, 2010-04-04 at 13:09 +0200, Rudolf Polzer wrote: > Well, can it then still be one single download package? > > Can "the game" consist on multiple differently licensed parts? > > Can these then be provided as one download (and with an included text file > defining the licenses of the parts)? > > The thing is - does the GPL even allow combining with non-GPL data in such a > way? No way to know until it goes to court. The test is that if distributing the game executable alongside its data creates a derivative work or not. I would guess that it does not, but who knows what a court would decide. > Also: most music applications do not support build scripts. The project file > would still need manual actions to process to the finished file. Thus, the > source package would then contain BOTH the resulting, edited, ogg file AND the > project file for the application. Yep, it is problematic that music apps are generally not automatable, I doubt many musicians would desire that though. > > > Well, because of the source requirement, CC probably is not DFSG-free > > > then? > > > > Not requiring source distribution doesn't mean a license is not > > DFSG-free, for example BSD-licensed software is DFSG-free. > > However, DFSG require source distribution. BSD licensed software can be > binary-only, but is not DFSG-free then. Right. That is a problem with any software though, BSD, GPL or whatever. Nothing ensures that upstream authors are sane about releasing code. PS: not sure why you moved this off-list? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100404150822.ga2...@rm.endoftheinternet.org
