Debian Bug report logs - #378996
ITP: vulcan -- chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: ITP: vulcan -- chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:54:16 +0200

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>


* Package name    : vulcan
  Version         : 0.2
  Upstream Author : Mauro Persano <mauro_persano@yahoo.com>
* URL             : http://www.fzort.org/mpr/projects/vulcan/
* License         : GPL
  Description     : chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series

  vulcan lets you play against the computer a chess variant inspired by a
  certain well-known science fiction TV series.

  The rules implemented by this program were created by Jens Meder, and
  are described here: http://private.addcom.de/meder/3dschach/chess3d.htm

  In a nutshell, here's the idea:

    * viewing the board from above, you'll notice that some squares overlap.
    * from that view, piece moves are the same as in regular chess, except
      that you may choose which of the overlapping squares the piece will land at.
    * the movement of a sliding piece (bishop, rook or queen) is blocked by
      a piece in any of the overlapping squares; the sliding piece may
      land above or below the blocking piece.
    * the small 2x2 boards (the "attack boards") can be moved to an adjacent
      corner at the same level if they're holding just one piece, or to a corner
      of a different level if they're empty.

  The 3D models used in the program were originally created by Renzo del
  Fabbro, and downloaded from the site www.3dcafe.com. As far as the game
  author knows, they're in the public domain, but that must be clarified.

  The game is going to be packaged inside the Debian Games Team.

-- System Information:
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Message #10 received at 378996@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>

To: Renzo Del Fabbro <renzodelfabbro@libero.it>

Cc: 378996@bugs.debian.org

Subject: License clarification for 3D Models

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:23:05 +0200 (CEST)

Hi,

I'm interested in packaging a game for Debian (a Linux derivative -
http://www.debian.org ), called vulcan (
http://www.fzort.org/mpr/projects/vulcan/ ). Apparently, according to
http://www.fzort.org/mpr/projects/vulcan/README.txt the 3D models used were
made by you:

"""
The 3D models used in the program were originally created by Renzo del Fabbro,
and downloaded from the site www.3dcafe.com. The meshes were extracted from
the
original 3DS file and processed by a mesh simplification program. I couldn't
locate the original author on the internet (Renzo, are you out there?), but as
far as I can tell the models are in the public domain.

Please mail me and let me know if that's not the case.
"""

I could only use them if the license is clarified, and if their license makes
them free ( Debian Free Software Guidelines -
http://www.debian.org/social_contract ) to be used, modified and
redistributable. Of course credit would be given. Public domain would be OK,
as well as many other licenses (GPL, BSD, ...). Otherwise I could not use them
iun this project. Could you please clarify the license of those models?

The models are named: "bishop", "king", "knight", "pawn", "queen" and "rook"
in the game. I don't know if that's their original name.

Thanks in advance,
Miry




		
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Message #15 received at 378996@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>

To: Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>, 378996@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#378996: ITP: vulcan -- chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:11:47 +0200

Hi Miriam!

You wrote:

>   Description     : chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series

Why not simply say "Star Trek" instead of being vague?

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Message #20 received at 378996@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>

To: Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org>, 378996@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#378996: ITP: vulcan -- chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science fiction TV series

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:31:44 +0200 (CEST)

 --- Bas Zoetekouw <bas@debian.org> escribió:

> Hi Miriam!
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >   Description     : chess variant inspired by a certain well-known science
> fiction TV series
> 
> Why not simply say "Star Trek" instead of being vague?

Upstream describes it that way, It's OK for me, I don't have any special
reason for one or the other, do you prefer I mentioned Star Trek explicitly in
the description?

Miry



	
	
		
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Message #25 received at 378996@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es>

To: 378996@bugs.debian.org

Subject: RE: License clarification for 3D Models

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:50:42 +0200 (CEST)

I've received a response from Renzo Del Fabbro:

"""
Yes I am The author of that mesh file
http://members.tripod.com/~azzazzel/page_1.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~azzazzel/chess.jpg

it is free ONLY for personal use ( and for free software )
but NOT for commercial use !
I don't know the Debian Free Software Guidelines
but the only thing I'd like to be clear is :
everyone can use the mesh file BUT NOT for commercial use!!!
"""

I guess that means those models cannot be included in Debian and should be
replaced by alternative ones. They're not much, just a few chess models.

Miry



	
	
		
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Message #30 received at 378996-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Moreno Garza <damog@merkel.debian.org>

To: 378996-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: WNPP bug closing

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:59:31 -0600

Hello,

This is an automatic mail sent to close the ITP you have reported or 
are involved with.

Your ITP wnpp bug is being closed because of the following reasons:
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As this is an automatic procedure, it could of course have something
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A similar process is being applied to other kind of wnpp bugs.

Thanks for your cooperation,

 -- David Moreno Garza <damog@debian.org>.
 

Message #37 received at 378996-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Moreno Garza <damog@merkel.debian.org>

To: 378996-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: WNPP bug closing

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:59:44 -0600

Hello,

This is an automatic mail sent to close the ITP you have reported or 
are involved with.

Your ITP wnpp bug is being closed because of the following reasons:
- It is, as of today, older than 365 days.
- It hasn't had any activity recently.

As this is an automatic procedure, it could of course have something
wrong and probably it would be closing some bugs that are not 
intended by owners and submitters (like you) to be closed, for
example if the ITP is still of your interest, or there has been 
some kind of activity around it. In that case, please reopen the
bug, do it, DO IT NOW! (I don't want to be blamed because of
mass closing and not let people know that they can easily reopen
their bugs ;-).

To re-open it, you simply have to mail control@bugs.debian.org
with a body text like this:

 reopen 378996
 stop

Further comments on the work done in the bug sent to
378996@bugs.debian.org would be truly welcomed.
Anyway, if you have any kind of problems when dealing with
the BTS, feel free to contact me and I'd be more than happy to help
you on this: <damog@debian.org>.

A similar process is being applied to other kind of wnpp bugs.

Thanks for your cooperation,

 -- David Moreno Garza <damog@debian.org>.
 

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