> Jon Ciesla wrote: >>> On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 09:51 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Jon Ciesla wrote: >>>>> I know Armagetron is on the will not package list, and I know it's >>>>> due >>>> to >>>>> trademark issues. Is there more to that that just the name? If not, >>>> then >>>>> either we need to package it or drop/modify kdegames, as it has >>>>> ktron, >>>>> which, AFAICT, meets the same standard. >>>>> >>>> Indeed it does, I think the name for that should be changed or it >>>> should >>>> be >>>> dropped. >>>> >>>>> If this has been discussed previously and I missed it, I apologize, >>>> but >>>>> I'm just curious as to what the litmus test is. >>>>> >>>> It hasn't been discussed before, I've added Spot to the CC as he >>>> usually >>>> makes >>>> the decisions surrounding legal stuff. Tom, my assessment of the >>>> situation is >>>> that ktron indeed is a problem too. >>>> >>>> While at the subject, I think that renaming Armagetron and removing >>>> any >>>> references to Tron from the docs / text printed in the game, should >>>> make >>>> Armagetron acceptabl, do you agree? And is anyone willing todo this? >>> Yes. This is the conclusion that Red Hat came to several years ago as >>> well. >>> >>> As long as it isn't using the exact same graphics and sounds, and >>> doesn't use the trademark (or any derivation of the trademark), it's >>> fine. >>> >>> Ktron and Armagetron need to be renamed. Klightcars, for example. I >>> have >>> no suggestion for Armagetron. >> >> I would be willing, and could likely come up with names. :) >> > > Cool, let me know when you've got something to review. Be sure to kindly > inform > upstream that we will be including a version under a different name. It > would > be good to let them choose if you can come up with several names. > > I've filed a bug to get ktron renamed here: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248343 To clarify further, would it be adequate to sed -i s/old/new/ the infringing text where it occurs, changing filenames/paths as appropriate, at build time, or should the source tarball be modified beforehand, to prevent presence of infringing material in distributed SRPMS? Jon > Regards, > > Hans > -- novus ordo absurdum _______________________________________________ Fedora-games-list mailing list Fedora-games-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-games-list
