Downloading the games...

richard on 2010/04/05 02:02

Please use BitTorrent to download all the games if you can - the site hosts will appreciate it. The torrent file is PyWeek-10-finals.torrent.

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Falun on 2010/04/06 09:36:

And keep seeding when you're done -- everybody else will appreciate that! I mean, how often is it you get to use that torrent client for something legal anayway?! =p

adrwen on 2010/04/06 13:02:

Downloading Slackware?

adrwen on 2010/04/07 14:40:

Uhm, to be quite honest the "license" (a sad excuse for a license) of Bouncy2 doesn't seem to permit redistribution, unless you contact the authors first.

It is actually impossible to know before you have read it's readme (could potentially be the last one you read) that you can't seed the torrent unless you contact them first...

Cosmologicon on 2010/04/07 15:00:

I thought it was a Pyweek rule that your license must allow redistribution, but looking at the rules I don't see it. Maybe that should be made a rule, and entries that violate it get disqualified (possibly after being given a chance to relicense it).

mauve on 2010/04/07 15:45:

I concur and I'd go further - entries should be licensed under a GPL-compatible or at least OSI-approved free software license. This would benefit the Pyggys, and help ensure goal 3 from the Rules, ie

    Will hopefully increase the public body of python game tools, code and expertise,

is satisfied. Note that this doesn't prevent competitors dual-licensing or developing their entry into a commercial product if they would like to.

richard on 2010/04/08 01:40:

The rules are not explicitly clear on this but upload of a game to pyweek.org implies granting of pyweek.org rights to redistribute. It's a website...

richard on 2010/04/08 01:47:

I have modified the rules accordingly. I will contact the authors of Bouncy2 to request their assent to the rules change or request they remove their entry.

mauve on 2010/04/08 10:18:

I don't like it. If the license grant is to PyWeek only, I'm not assured of a license to redistribute the games to friends (though in practice I am only distributing my game to friends). I'm not sure the current terms actually cover me even for seeding the torrent.

Cosmologicon on 2010/04/08 14:14:

I agree that allowing pyweek.org to redistribute a game was implied by uploading a game, so that latest addition to the rules - while good - is not strictly necessary. I was also hoping for a more general redistribution requirement.

Srekel on 2010/04/09 17:42:

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the poor wording of the Bouncy 2 license. It wasn't really the intention to restrict people from distributing the game - just to let us know when it happens (since it's fun to know if someone enjoys your game).

I guess I can't change the license contained within the zip (and I can't upload a new zip)

Can I do anything better than to say here that I give anyone who wants the right to to distribute the game as they please?

/Srekel

gcewing on 2010/04/18 00:54:

I think you'll be allowed to upload files again when the judging is over.

richard on 2010/04/18 01:10:

Upload is definitely open again now that judging is over.