Re-using a KDE Games card deck

[Albert Astals Cid]

El dilluns, 22 de juliol del 2024, a les 8:18:52 (CEST), Ian Wadham va escriure:
> Hi, Ian Wadham here (a blast from the past),

Hello!

> I am working on a game, in another software platform and language, which is
> based on KPat and uses the Ancient Egyptians card deck. When I say “based
> on”, I mean a selection of the same Patience games as KPat has, but
> re-coded entirely in a different programming language (not C++ or C) and
> with a different internal design and re-written rules text.
> 
> However the card-deck is a straight copy of the SVG file, but converted into
> a single .png file.
> 
> I would like to publish the game as Open Source and would like to include
> appropriate licenses and acknowledgements. How should I proceed? The
> platform I am on usually uses a MIT License for code.
> 
> I know who the authors and maintainers of KPat are. But who created the
> Ancient Egyptians card deck? Was it Eugene Trounev or his offsider Sean or
> both of them? I could not find this info in the repository files.

git history seems to say Sean Wilson

https://invent.kde.org/games/libkdegames/-/commit/588781d01862cd280c7cdfa6e148d8ee0bc1ec12

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> Best regards,
> Ian Wadham.