Re: [games sig] Downloader for shareware data files for gpl engines such as vavoom

[Hans de Goede <j w r degoede hhs nl>]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Hans de Goede (j w r degoede hhs nl) said: 
> > > Someone building an OS on top of it may not qualify for the
> > > 'normal access fees' test.
> > Someone building an OS on top would be in trouble with any freely 
> > distributable content, as freely distributable != being able to build on 
> > top of it. This thus seems a non argument as the guidelines talk about 
> > "to freely distribute" wich clear != "to build a(n) XXXX on top of it"
>
> Huh?
>
> If you can't build XXX on top of it and distribute it, that's not
> freely distributable.

If you build on top of you are using / modifying / extending, In essence 
you're creating a derative work see GPL vs LGPL for libraries. No where 
in the guidelines it says (for firmware / content) that derative works 
have to be allowed, it only says freely distributable.

<snip going offtopic / making the discussion larger then soley the quake 
shareware distribtion license >

Regards,

Hans