Re: Savannah-users Digest, Vol 177, Issue 1

[dj Stolen]

Hi,

actually those games marked above as "unlicensed" are licensed with
"Unlicensed"
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/unlicense/

for the rest, I sent queries, and am waiting for response.
Dj

Nevertheless, we have at least 2 very nice games to publish.

сре, 7. јул 2021. у 18:03 <savannah-users-request@gnu.org> је написао/ла:

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> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 15:32:46 +0200
> From: dj Stolen <djstolen69@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Unlicensed game source code hosting
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> Hi all,
>
> I am a BoardGameGeek and as I was browsing https://boardgamegeek.com I
> found some implementation of games which are only there on the site
> (nowhere else).
>
> These are actually pretty famous and good rated games, and some are even
> done with original graphics so look extremely good
>
> https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63628/manhattan-project (unlicensed;
> original graphics; C source code available; Win-Binary runs with Wine 6.0.1
> no prob)
> https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre (asked the developer to
> repackage for Linux - he will get back to me; original graphics; Java
> source code not available at the moment, I will ask down the road;
> Win-Binary runs with Wine no prob)
> https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art (no code at the
> moment; lower quality graphics but ok; Win-Binary runs with Wine no prob)
> https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra (no code at the moment;
> graphics resembles original and ok; Win-Binary runs with Wine no prob)
> https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire (unlicensed; graphics
> resembles original and ok; C source code available; Win-Binary runs with
> Wine no prob)
> https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9217/saint-petersburg (not clear at
> the
> moment, in discussion; graphics resembles original and ok; Win-Binary runs
> with Wine no prob)
> https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22345/yspahan (not clear at the
> moment,
> in discussion; graphics resembles original and ok; Win-Binary runs with
> Wine no prob)
>
> So, my intention is to bring these games to Linux Users as wide as
> possible, that's why I came to you with hope that it will stream to most
> Linux distros and not be bound to one.
> Some have potential to be ported to native apps, some perhaps only to be
> run on Wine, so my questions for you are:
>
> 1) Can I host the Unlicensed code in your repository?
> 2) If for some games, source cannot be obtained, but only permission to
> distribute .exe for Linux, would it be ok to host the game in that sense?
> 3) Are there any other topics I should take into consideration?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 17:43:45 +0200
> From: Václav Haisman <vhaisman@gmail.com>
> To: savannah-users@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Unlicensed game source code hosting
> Message-ID: <b511c5b5-d1c2-6e30-fd02-32a127a4c93f@gmail.com>
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> On 07. 07. 21 15:32, dj Stolen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a BoardGameGeek and as I was browsing https://boardgamegeek.com I
> > found some implementation of games which are only there on the site
> > (nowhere else).
> >
> > These are actually pretty famous and good rated games, and some are even
> > done with original graphics so look extremely good
> >
> > https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63628/manhattan-project (unlicensed;
> > original graphics; C source code available; Win-Binary runs with Wine
> 6.0.1
> > no prob)
> > https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre (asked the developer
> to
> > repackage for Linux - he will get back to me; original graphics; Java
> > source code not available at the moment, I will ask down the road;
> > Win-Binary runs with Wine no prob)
> > https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118/modern-art (no code at the
> > moment; lower quality graphics but ok; Win-Binary runs with Wine no prob)
> > https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra (no code at the moment;
> > graphics resembles original and ok; Win-Binary runs with Wine no prob)
> > https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire (unlicensed; graphics
> > resembles original and ok; C source code available; Win-Binary runs with
> > Wine no prob)
> > https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9217/saint-petersburg (not clear at
> the
> > moment, in discussion; graphics resembles original and ok; Win-Binary
> runs
> > with Wine no prob)
> > https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22345/yspahan (not clear at the
> moment,
> > in discussion; graphics resembles original and ok; Win-Binary runs with
> > Wine no prob)
> >
> > So, my intention is to bring these games to Linux Users as wide as
> > possible, that's why I came to you with hope that it will stream to most
> > Linux distros and not be bound to one.
> > Some have potential to be ported to native apps, some perhaps only to be
> > run on Wine, so my questions for you are:
> >
> > 1) Can I host the Unlicensed code in your repository?
> > 2) If for some games, source cannot be obtained, but only permission to
> > distribute .exe for Linux, would it be ok to host the game in that sense?
> > 3) Are there any other topics I should take into consideration?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
>
> If the authors are responding, can't they be gently asked to slap a
> license on their source?
>
>
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> VH
>
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