Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Jordi Mallach
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:34:18PM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > It's not clear that Debian really uses non-us as a workaround for US patent > related problems. Some confusion arises from packages like gpg-idea, which > is in non-us/non-free. True, gpg-idea containscode describing how to > implem

Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 03:07:37PM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:48:08PM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > > Make your decision based only on Debian policy. If it's Free Software, it > > goes in Main, unless it has crypto - then it goes in non-us/main (at least > > until th

Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Jordi Mallach
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 08:48:08PM -0500, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > Make your decision based only on Debian policy. If it's Free Software, it > goes in Main, unless it has crypto - then it goes in non-us/main (at least > until the crypto in main thing is settled). If it's non-free software or > depe

Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 01:33:23PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > If you check http://www.bnetd.org, you'll find > a note explaining that their project has been > branded as illegal by the DMCA. s/DMCA/Blizzard/ > Bnetd is a server for networked playing with propietary > Blizzard games like Starcr

Re: bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 01:33:23PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > The Debian package only contains the server code, which is > written as free software from scratch. > > Is that package illegal? > No. > If it does indeed break the DMCA, would it be any problem > in distributing it outside the

bnetd and DMCA

2002-02-21 Thread Robert Millan
Hello, If you check http://www.bnetd.org, you'll find a note explaining that their project has been branded as illegal by the DMCA. Bnetd is a server for networked playing with propietary Blizzard games like Starcraft or Diablo. It aims to provide the same features as the official BattleNet ser