From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gytMw-0002B1-R6 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:11:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gytMv-0003rg-NQ for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:11:06 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39945) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gytMs-0003pA-Dy for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:11:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gytMs-0003od-89 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:11:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#34523] Add tetrinet References: Resent-Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 07:10:46 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <190C4B54-2EDE-4B00-B7AF-04DC96F91E2A@riseup.net> Message-Id: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: swedebugia Cc: 34523 <34523@debbugs.gnu.org> > Given that there is no pgp signed tarball or even a checksum on that page= , have you asked the maintainer about this and verified that you got the c= ode unaltered?=20 Ok I emailed the current maintainer according to that page asking to verify= that I got the source code unaltered, and to maybe update the page with th= at info. On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:45:23 +0100, swedebugia wrot= e: > pkill9@runbox.com skrev: (26 februari 2019 16:20:28 CET) > >Hi Swedebugia, > > > >> having looked it up online I prefer the WP synopsis: > >> "TetriNET is a console multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six > >people." > >>=20 > >> There is a gnome version also. We should state clearly that this is a > >> console/text-mode client. > > > >What does 'WP' mean? > > > >> As an aside I did not find a working server anywhere and the homepage > >of > >> the project is dead. There is a possibility to host your own server > >with > >> jetrix though. > > > >I played Tetrinet with someone over a server, but I can't remember what > >the address was. > > > >You can't access the homepage of the project? I can access > >http://tetrinet.or.cz fine. Or do you mean it hasn't been updated in > >ages? > > > >> There could be trademark issues with the name/game also see > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company > > > >Regarding the potential trademark issues, both FSF-approved distros > >Parabola and PureOS have Tetrinet in their repositories[1][2], so I > >think it would be acceptable to add it to Guix. And if a copyright > >claim is made in the future it can always be removed. > > > >[1] Tetrinet in Parabola - https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?q=3Dtetrinet > >[2] Tetrinet in PureOS - > >https://software.pureos.net/search_pkg?term=3Dtetrinet > > > >Thanks > > > >On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 07:23:43 +0100, swedebugia > >wrote: > > > >> On 2019-02-23 10:26, swedebugia wrote: > >> > For the sake of making it easy to find when searching synopsies I > >> > suggest you add "game" to the end of yours. > >> > --=20 > >> > Sent from my k-9 mail for Android. > >>=20 > >> having looked it up online I prefer the WP synopsis: > >> "TetriNET is a console multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six > >people." > >>=20 > >> There is a gnome version also. We should state clearly that this is a > >> console/text-mode client. > >>=20 > >> As an aside I did not find a working server anywhere and the homepage > >of > >> the project is dead. There is a possibility to host your own server > >with > >> jetrix though. > >>=20 > >> There could be trademark issues with the name/game also see > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company > >>=20 > >> --=20 > >> Cheers Swedebugia >=20 > Hi=20 > I agree with your remarks > WP =3D wikipedia=20 >=20 > Given that there is no pgp signed tarball or even a checksum on that page= , have you asked the maintainer about this and verified that you got the c= ode unaltered?=20 > --=20 > Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.