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#34523
Add tetrinet
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Reported by: <pkill9 <at> runbox.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:58:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #50 received at 34523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> 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 code unaltered?
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 that info.
On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:45:23 +0100, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net> wrote:
> pkill9 <at> 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."
> >>
> >> 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=tetrinet
> >[2] Tetrinet in PureOS -
> >https://software.pureos.net/search_pkg?term=tetrinet
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 07:23:43 +0100, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
> >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.
> >> > --
> >> > Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.
> >>
> >> having looked it up online I prefer the WP synopsis:
> >> "TetriNET is a console multiplayer online Tetris game for up to six
> >people."
> >>
> >> There is a gnome version also. We should state clearly that this is a
> >> console/text-mode client.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> There could be trademark issues with the name/game also see
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers Swedebugia
>
> Hi
> I agree with your remarks
> WP = wikipedia
>
> 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 code unaltered?
> --
> Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.
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