From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33017) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyzwN-0003ki-93 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:12:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyzwM-00069r-5q for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:12:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:40064) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gyzwH-00066p-Vv for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:12:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gyzwH-00079B-MK for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:12:01 -0500 Subject: [bug#34523] Add tetrinet References: In-Reply-To: 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 14:11:20 +0000 (GMT) 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: pkill9 Cc: 34523 <34523@debbugs.gnu.org> The Tetrinet maintainer added an SHA1 file: http://tetrinet.or.cz/download/= tetrinet-0.11.tar.bz2.sha1 On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 07:10:46 +0000 (GMT), wrote: > > Given that there is no pgp signed tarball or even a checksum on that pa= ge, have you asked the maintainer about this and verified that you got the= code unaltered?=20 >=20 > Ok I emailed the current maintainer according to that page asking to veri= fy that I got the source code unaltered, and to maybe update the page with = that info. >=20 > On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:45:23 +0100, swedebugia wr= ote: >=20 > > 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=3Dtetri= net > > >[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 pa= ge, have you asked the maintainer about this and verified that you got the= code unaltered?=20 > > --=20 > > Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.