Armagetron: clarification

[Jon Ciesla]

> Jon Ciesla wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 09:51 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Jon Ciesla wrote:
>>>>> I know Armagetron is on the will not package list, and I know it's
>>>>> due
>>>> to
>>>>> trademark issues.  Is there more to that that just the name?  If not,
>>>> then
>>>>> either we need to package it or drop/modify kdegames, as it has
>>>>> ktron,
>>>>> which, AFAICT, meets the same standard.
>>>>>
>>>> Indeed it does, I think the name for that should be changed or it
>>>> should
>>>> be
>>>> dropped.
>>>>
>>>>> If this has been discussed previously and I missed it, I apologize,
>>>> but
>>>>> I'm just curious as to what the litmus test is.
>>>>>
>>>> It hasn't been discussed before, I've added Spot to the CC as he
>>>> usually
>>>> makes
>>>> the decisions surrounding legal stuff. Tom, my assessment of the
>>>> situation is
>>>> that ktron indeed is a problem too.
>>>>
>>>> While at the subject, I think that renaming Armagetron and removing
>>>> any
>>>> references to Tron from the docs / text printed in the game, should
>>>> make
>>>> Armagetron acceptabl, do you agree? And is anyone willing todo this?
>>> Yes. This is the conclusion that Red Hat came to several years ago as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> As long as it isn't using the exact same graphics and sounds, and
>>> doesn't use the trademark (or any derivation of the trademark), it's
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> Ktron and Armagetron need to be renamed. Klightcars, for example. I
>>> have
>>> no suggestion for Armagetron.
>>
>> I would be willing, and could likely come up with names. :)
>>
>
> Cool, let me know when you've got something to review. Be sure to kindly
> inform
> upstream that we will be including a version under a different name. It
> would
> be good to let them choose if you can come up with several names.
>
> I've filed a bug to get ktron renamed here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248343

To clarify further, would it be adequate to sed -i s/old/new/ the
infringing text where it occurs, changing filenames/paths as appropriate,
at build time, or should the source tarball be modified beforehand, to
prevent presence of infringing material in distributed SRPMS?

Jon

> Regards,
>
> Hans
>


-- 
novus ordo absurdum