[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 29630] Re: possible license issue with 2xSaI assembler sources

[Sam Geeraerts]

Default copyright does not allow commercial use, so allowing it
explicitly *is* required.

This bug report is about license incompatibility, not missing copyright
info. The file with the offending file is still there in version 1.8.0
in Ubuntu 10.10.

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Title:
  possible license issue with 2xSaI assembler sources

Status in “visualboyadvance” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “visualboyadvance” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The VBA package includes some portions written in hand-tuned assembler for the i386 platform. These seem to be covered by a non-GPL compatible license.

See: ./src/i386/2xSaImmx.asm

The copyright information states:

"Non-Commercial use of this software is allowed and is encouraged"

but says nothing about commercial usage (which *is* allowed by the GPL)

Also, the author "requests that any improvements to the engine be submitted to me". This also seems to be a GPL-incompatible requirement. (unless it is just an informal request and not a condition for distributing modified versions of the software).