Re: FSDG issues of SCUMMVM-based games

[Liliana Marie Prikler]

Am Samstag, dem 06.08.2022 um 17:24 +0200 schrieb Maxime Devos:
> On 06-08-2022 06:59, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:
> 
> > 2. The "sources" consist of binaries that are installed as-is.
> 
> The credits of ScummVM state that the source code is available for 
> Drascula[0]
> 
> [0] https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/help/credits.html: Emilio de Paz
> Aragón from Alcachofa Soft for sharing the source code of Drascula:
> The Vampire Strikes Back with us and his generosity with freewaring the
> game.
> 
> Maybe that only covered the engine and not the game bytecode though
While that does mean that ScummVM folks have the source, it is not what
they distribute:

Archive:  /gnu/store/wn9043a134dai59shxss6byrlfj2pp9x-drascula-1.0.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
 32847563  05-11-2008 08:38   Packet.001
    46080  05-11-2008 08:38   drascula.doc
     2871  08-31-2008 03:29   readme.txt
---------                     -------
 32896514                     3 files

Also note the difference between freeware and free software.

Cheers