[freeciv-data] Re: Age of Empires Modpack - Tileset

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Fishman wrote:
> I've recently started developing a modpack based on the Age of Empires 
> technology tree / units etc. I have been using for testing graphics 
> which are hacked from the Help file. Would these be considered 
> 'proprietary graphics used without permission' (like the C-evo tileset) 
> or not? They are freely available with the trial version.
Yes, they are proprietary.  Go back and read that legal agreement that 
you clicked through when you installed the demo.  It's possible that it 
allows you to distribute the images by themselves, but I doubt it.
Of course this doesn't prevent you from using them.  Nothing is 
physically stopping you from distributing them, but you may eventually 
get a cease-and-desist letter.  A better solution is to create a script 
that will automatically extract and convert the images from the original 
sources.  This can be freely distributed (or even included in Freeciv) 
and allows people who already have a copy of the game to use the tileset 
*fairly* easily.
> I've attached the PNG file if anyone wants to look at them.
I think this list doesn't allow such attachments.  Try uploading it to 
the incoming directory (ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/incoming), and 
send us a link.
jason