GPL license violations reporting and discussions

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AndreasR
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GPL license violations reporting and discussions

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In this thread Freeciv related GPL license discussions can be made.

The license of Freeciv is the GNU General Public License
https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv/blob/main/COPYING
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licens ... .0.en.html

Digital Millennium Copyright Act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_M ... yright_Act

Where to submit DMCA notices:
Apple store: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-se ... renotices/
GitHub: https://github.com/contact/dmca
Google Play store: https://support.google.com/googleplay/a ... t/takedown

Currently known cases where the GPL license of Freeciv is not used correctly:
Freeciv Go:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/freeciv-go/id1514658494
The full source code of Freeciv Go is not published here: https://github.com/ringoz/freeciv
Full discussion: https://github.com/ringoz/freeciv/discussions/2
In my opinion a DMCA takedown notice is in order for this Freeciv Go project.

Freecivweb.org:
https://github.com/Lexxie9952/fcw.org-server
This project has been known to keep the source code private in the past, see this discussion: http://forum.freeciv.org/f/viewtopic.php?t=92004
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