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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>
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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), <pkill9 <at> runbox.com> wrote:
> > 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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