3.1-dev: Call for bugs and patches

[chem]

How is the GPL effort? Based on the overwhelming support of contacted authors (including past maintainers, original authors, and every major contributor), no refusals, the nature of the original license, and fair use, can this proceed for 3.1.0? What is the argument against a 3.1.0 GPL release?

http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2008/primer-copyright-liability-and-fair-use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrights#Fair_use_and_fair_dealing

IANAL, but I'm not sure how someone could possibly prove a claim against Angband (show me the records!), or that any damages could be claimed since selling Angband (or devices to run Angband) has never been a money-making venture. Aside from the fact that there is no motivation to do so.

[takkaria]

How is the GPL effort? Based on the overwhelming support of contacted authors (including past maintainers, original authors, and every major contributor), no refusals, the nature of the original license, and fair use, can this proceed for 3.1.0? What is the argument against a 3.1.0 GPL release?

http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2008/primer-copyright-liability-and-fair-use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrights#Fair_use_and_fair_dealing

IANAL, but I'm not sure how someone could possibly prove a claim against Angband (show me the records!), or that any damages could be claimed since selling Angband (or devices to run Angband) has never been a money-making venture. Aside from the fact that there is no motivation to do so.

See: http://dev.rephial.org/trac/browser/trunk/copying.txt

Basically, the Windows port is the only bit of the game that isn't GPL-clean now. If anyone wants to rewrite it, or anyone can find Ross Becker, then that would be great.

[chem]

See: http://dev.rephial.org/trac/browser/trunk/copying.txt

Basically, the Windows port is the only bit of the game that isn't GPL-clean now. If anyone wants to rewrite it, or anyone can find Ross Becker, then that would be great.

As per my post in the 3.1.0 beta thread, I found Ross Becker.