[Savannah-register-public] Re: Fwd: [task #7784] Submission of Pirates of the skies

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:48:25AM +0200, Alexander Shulgin wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Alexander Shulgin
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
> >  > Hi,
> >  >
> >  >  The question about media file was answered in an old documentation
> >  >  that was apparently not moved to the wiki:
> >  >
> >  >  "10.4.5 Non-software data
> >  >  ------------------------
> >  >  RMS suggested we accept any free license for images and other data that
> >  >  are a secondary part of a package that is mainly software."
> >  >
> >  >  Can you create an entry in the wiki somewhere?
> >
> >  OK, I'll try.
> >
> >
> >  >  I'm concerned that he uses anim8tor (instead of Blender, for
> >  >  instance). This a freeware for MS Woe. If people can't modify or
> >  >  otherwise freely use the 3D models using exclusively free software,
> >  >  this is a problem.
> >
> >  Uh, I've skipped that one 'cause I haven't had a close look at the
> >  media yet.  Surely, we should suggest using free analogs for 3D
> >  models.
> >
> >  So, no other problems with my follow-up? ;)
> 
> Hi Sylvain,
> 
> So what do you think?  Can I post that I've proposed + require the
> author to use free analogs for 3D models?

Hi,

<grabbing submission proposal that was removed from the quoted part of
the e-mail>


> Here is my follow-up for this task:
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm reviewing your project for inclusion into Savannah.
> 
> While doing so, I've discovered a few problems:
> 
> 1. FSF address has changed and now is "51 Franklin Street, Fifth
> Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA".  Please update your COPYING files
> as well as license headers.
> 
> The updated version of GNU GPLv2 can be found here:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
> 
> 2. The file ./paulo3d/src/scriptable.cpp is missing copyright and
> license headers.  Please add them as appropriate.
> 
> 3. Files ./src/player.cpp, ./src/bot.cpp have a few words garbled in
> the license header, most probably due to some search/replace in the
> whole file. ;-)

Good so far, very precise job ;)

> 4. I've noticed that you distribute .lib files as well as headers for
> your project's dependencies.  However, I'm unable to configure or
> compile the project on my Debian GNU/Linux box.
> 
> I can guess from the package that you develop the project primarily on
> Windows.  We insist that project should run and compile in a free
> environment.  Being able to compile it with a conveinent "./configure;
> make" command would be very helpful, so please remove any stale files
> left from previous builds.

Hmm, the guy has .kdevelop files, the newlines are Unix-style, and
there's a src/planes binary for GNU/Linux. What makes you think it was
developped _primarily_ under Woe?


> If you are willing to make these change please provide us with an
> updated source package.  You may create a patch against the package
> you already provided, or simply create a new one without the media
> files (for smaller package size).  You may attach the new package to
> this tracker if it fits in 512KB.

OK.


There are also a lot of media files besides the 3D models (2D artwork,
sound effects and background music). There's no copyright and license
information about them.


So essentially OK + non-free modeler + maybe revise the part about
being developped under MS Woe + identifying source+license of binary
media files.

Cheers,

-- 
Sylvain