[Pkg-freeciv-devel] freeciv-sound-standard

[Jason Dorje Short]

Thomas Ledet wrote:
> A little something from irc:
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> <Oskuro> did you guys see my message about -sound-standard=C2=BF
> <ledet> uhm... no
> <ledet> i have som messages from jason and some from kyle
> <ledet> and some from me :)
> <Oskuro> well, I've had a -sound-standard packagfe for ages
> <ledet> oh
> <Oskuro> but I never uploaded because I'm concerned about the copyright=
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> of the wav files.
> <ledet> [info]
> <ledet> artists =3D "Samples taken from www.waveform.dk (various author=
s),=20
> and
> <ledet> OpenQuartz (Ali Jackson, alister667@hotmail.com) and Paroxysm (=
pOx,
> <ledet> pox@planetquake.com)."
> <ledet> someone could write those people and get their permission
> <Oskuro> yeah, and waveform.dk has no clear licence
> <Oskuro> it's more freeware that free software
> <Oskuro> I had a talk with the waveform dude
> <Oskuro> I had to track down every individual file to find authors and=20
> write to them
> <Oskuro> wanted to do it, but had no time
> <ledet> if you could just send me the package and maybe also all emails=
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> back and forward from the people involved, i'll try to pick up, where=20
> you left it
> <Oskuro> yes
> <Oskuro> when I make the box boot I will
> <ledet> ok
> <Oskuro> if you can tell the list, good, because it'll be hard to=20
> recover my mail
> <ledet> i'll just copy-paste this little talk :)

If there are copyright issues they affect its distribution on=20
freeciv.org as well.  Freeciv.org doesn't officially have as "Free" a=20
policy as Debian, but we usually only distribute GPL stuff.

The person to ask about this is Per.  He's often on #freeciv or=20
#freeciv-dev, Norwegian time.

jason