Re: [gNewSense-users] Proprietary software in gNewSense - 'Beneath a Steel Sky' and 'Flight of the Amazon Queen'

[Brian Brazil]

On 5/19/07, Guy Johnston <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just found two pieces of proprietary software in the gNewSense Universe 
> repository. I've filed
> a bug report, but I think it's also worth posting here. The programmes are two 
> games called 'Beneath
> a Steel Sky' and 'Flight of the Amazon Queen', which are designed to work with 
> the ScummVM
> interpreter. In the sourcecode of both, there's a file called "readme.txt", 
> containing the licence,
> which reads "You may not charge a fee for the game itself. This includes 
> reselling the game as an
> individual item."

That doesn't make it non-free software.

The full license looks pretty okay to me, a form of copyleft with a
restriction with charging for it in and of itself. It does allow
distribution in aggregate and charging for that.

Brian