[Fedora-legal-list] swap-ware

Dear list, here's another bundled component of AGS[1], libcda, which contains code from BCD, which is licensed under what it calls "swap-ware" license[3]: === Licensing: BCD, like Allegro (a graphics & sound library), is swap-ware: "You may use, modify, redistribute, and generally hack it about in any way you like, but if you do you must send me something in exchange. This could be a complimentary copy of a game, an addition or improvement to BCD, a bug report, some money (this is particularly encouraged if you use BCD in a commercial product), or just a copy of your AUTOEXEC.BAT if you don't have anything better. If you redistribute BCD or make a game using it, it would be nice if you mentioned me somewhere in the credits." I hope Shawn Hargreaves doesn't mind me pinching his licensing statement, but I like the idea of swapware and hope it spreads. So, BCD is free for use, but if you do something with it, cool or dumb, I would like credit and I would definitely want to hear about what you're doing with it. I also encourage you to send me a copy of what you're up to. You should always be able to find my web pages via http://brennan.home.ml.org/ and I've got all kinds of game programming info under http://brennan.home.ml.org/djgpp/ Check it out! === I noticed that Allegro license[3] is actually giftware, not swap-ware. Fortunately, the two files (djgpp.c and bcd.doc) are not compiled or used in any way on Linux, so at worst, I could just remove them from distributed tarball. However, it'd be more convenient to ship upstream source tarball directly. Is this OK to include in Fedora? Regards, Dominik [1] http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/ags/ https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/ [2] https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/blob/master/Engine/libsrc/libc... [3] https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/blob/4.4.3/docs/src/readme._tx#L198 -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan