Bug#590734: simutrans: Non-free license terms

[Mario Castelan Castro]

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July 29th 2010 in Debian Bug #590734 thread "simutrans: Non-free license
terms".

Hi.

> Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar at 43-1.org> writes:

>> Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh at gmail.com> writes:

>>> Simutrans has a non-free license. In the source tree,
>>> simutrans/copyright.txt forbids modification and commercial use of
>>> Simutrans, despite claiming to otherwise be under the artistic
>>> license.

>> It does say that selling and modification is forbidden without
>> written permission by the author, but says that the source code is
>> available under the Artistic License later.  I would think that
>> counts as written permission?

> Upstream's reply has made it clear that this is indeed the intended
> interpretation.  [...]
> <http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=5653.msg54871#msg54871>

In this thread [0] the head developer "prissi" he states simutrans can't
be sold:

> This is there for historic reasons and since we really want to make
> clear that _selling simutrans is not allowed_.  The artistic licence
> is not that strong in that aspect.

> The author may do as he/she likes.  I can write I put it under
> artistic licence but _in addition_ to clause xyz I _explicitely forbid
> selling_ of the compiled program unless a written note is given. This
> is essentiall the same but with less legalese.

[O]: http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=1865

Regards.
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