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Bug 505724

Summary: games-fps/unreal-tournament-strikeforce wrong LICENSE
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) <bernalex>
Component: [OLD] GamesAssignee: Gentoo Games <games>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: licenses
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 436214    

Description Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-03-25 13:48:10 UTC
Should probably be all-rights-reserved.
Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-04-03 06:54:41 UTC
This is package.masked since 10 years (!) for security reasons.
@Games team, do you want to keep this package?
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-05-01 14:06:13 UTC
The README file in sf_180_server_files.tar.gz says:
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Copyright / Permissions:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
This archive is copyright 2002; Rich Black, Stuart Fitzsimmons, Rogelio Olguin and Dean Tate collectively.

Authors may NOT use these levels as a base to build additional levels.

You are NOT allowed to commercially exploit this archive, i.e. put it on a CD or any other electronic medium that is sold for money without explicit permission from ALL four holders of the copyright. This includes putting it on ftp.cdrom.com which have a tendency to do just that or any other major ftp that bundles cd-roms out of what they carry.

PLEASE DO distribute this archive through any electronic network (internet, FIDO, forums, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the archive intact. If you intend to distribute this archive using media not relating to the internet, such as CD, please contact the original authors for permission. Please do NOT modify this archive in ANY FORM WHATSOEVER; if you wish to modify it contact the original authors at:


Rich Black:		rich@heisher.net
Stuart Fitzsimmons:	stuman@planetunreal.com
Rogelio Olguin:		rogelio_olguin@www.warriors.tzo.com		
Dean Tate:		goldabar@planetunreal.com


Unreal Tournament (c) 1999 and UNREAL (c)1998 Epic Megagames, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  Distributed by GT Interactive Software, Inc. under license.  UNREAL and the UNREAL logo are registered trademarks of Epic Megagames, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
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There is no license info in the other distfiles, though.
Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-05-05 20:45:38 UTC
(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #2)
I've added the Copyright/Permissions section of the README file as a new "unreal-tournament-strikeforce" license file.

IANAL, but I believe that the following sentence allows us to distribute sf_180_server_files.tar.gz via Gentoo mirrors:

> PLEASE DO distribute this archive through any electronic network (internet,
> FIDO, forums, local BBS etc.), provided you include this file and leave the
> archive intact.

I think it is reasonable to assume that the v180->v181 patch is covered by the same license. Both files were originally distributed via the same site, as can be seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/20040704053205/http://www.downloads.jolt.co.uk/index.php?page=download.php&action=open&id=204


+  05 May 2014; Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
+  unreal-tournament-strikeforce-1.81.ebuild:
+  Fix LICENSE, bug 505724.
+