[Freeciv-Dev] Re: metaserver code (was: nouja's removing annoying popups patch)

[Paul Zastoupil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:47:49PM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:04:31PM +0100, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:45:09PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > > This is an old patch from 1.12.x which Reinier wrote, and which I've
> > > updated and intend to commit. It is very short, and the only bad thing
> > > about it is that it adds two more options to an already crowded local
> > > options dialog. But then, I think it is a mistake to have two tileset
> > 
> > > choices there, and that we should remove the metaserver option until we
> > > have a freely available metaserver. And we can always expand it to two
> > 
> > AFAIK you can get the metaserver code and setup your own one.
> 
> Not really.  The code license situation on the metaserver isn't clear,
> and the code was never published.

You can get the code, its in cvs and available over anonymous pserver
access.

The license is GPL, from the Imakefile:
XCOMM Imakefile for Freeciv
XCOMM This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
XCOMM modify
XCOMM it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
XCOMM by
XCOMM the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
XCOMM option)
XCOMM any later version.

> Paul and Vasco have parts of a completely new metaserver working.
> It will be freely available, I'm sure.

Yes, it will be, and its getting very close to being done.

-- 
Paul Zastoupil