On 6/29/08, Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Putting the screenshots in the packages would mean you would need to
> install the package to see it in the package browser, and the use-case
> is more "I fancy playing a game, let's see what is available..."
I think this is a more general pr
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 05:57:11PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> This is why it has to be a centralized package, and it cannot be
> scattered into the various game packages (I mean: each screenshot
> included in the corresponding package, just like a menu configuration
> entry, an icon, or somethi
Thanks for this, Jon.
2008/6/22 Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> A quick look at the Section: for each package corresponding to each
> thumbnail shows only three (it seems) games outside of main.
>
>sauerbraten contrib/games
>stormbaancoureurcontrib/games
>wa
Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> The games-thumbnails package is needed for GoPlay!, so that game
> descriptions can show a snapshot of how the game looks like.
I would argue that this is a kind of 'announcement' of the game
which is covered by quotation rights under Berne. It is certainly
extremely common to
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:06 +0200 Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> 2008/6/21 Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi Francesco,
Hi! :)
[...]
> > I hope mine is a useful contribution.
> > What I don't fully understand is: what is the purpose of the
> > games-thumbnails package?
>
> Yes, it definitely
2008/6/21 Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi Francesco,
>> Could someone out there help clarify those issues, please?
>
> I hope mine is a useful contribution.
> What I don't fully understand is: what is the purpose of the
> games-thumbnails package?
Yes, it definitely is a useful contributi
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:43:47 + (GMT) Miriam Ruiz wrote:
[...]
> I'm not exactly sure of the copyright and licensing issues of screenshots of
> games in general.
I tend to think that a screenshot of a game is a derivative work of
that game, at least of the game graphics files.
If this is true
--- Friday 20/6/08, Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm sorry for the unpleasantness of this bug report :(
>
> I don't think you can apply the BSD license to the
> screenshots for all games. I think there is a compelling
> argument that a thumbnailed screenshot is a derivative
Package: games-thumbnails
Version: 20080522
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.1
Hi,
I'm sorry for the unpleasantness of this bug report :(
I don't think you can apply the BSD license to the
screenshots for all games. I think there is a compelling
argument that a thumbnailed screenshot is
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