Noegnud
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- character view
- tiled 2D view
- isometric 2D view
- true 3D view (As of 2004 this mode is still in development)
Iraq War
In 2004, the author of noegnud generated a good deal of controversy when he announced a politically-motivated licensing change. As a protest to the Iraq war, the program would have separate licensing terms for US citizens. However, the author caved on his proposed change, citing pressure from the director of Sourceforge.
It is important to note that this license change would most likely violate the definition of Free Software, as well as the Open Source Definition, which require non-discriminatory licensing terms.
The proposed licence
Originally plain text, wikilinks are added:Software Licence Agreement (U.S.A)
If you are a citizen of the United States of America, work for any company based within or which has divisions in the United States of America, are affiliated in any way with any organisation based within, or supporting in any way the United States of America or have shares in or any vested interrests in any company based or working within the United States of America then you must first agree to the following sub-licence agreement before using this software.I hereby denounce the foreign policy of the United States of America and admit that the United States of America is acting as a rogue state by declaring a war on any country or faction without the full support of the United Nations.
I agree that the United States of America should not interfere, for any reason, with any other sovereign state, not as defined by the United Sates of America's own definition thereof, but by the definitions of sovereignty as prescribed by the world body in its incantation as the United Nations.
I personally support the world criminal court established in the Hague and agree that the United States of America, by failing to recognise this world body of criminal justice is in error.
I support the understanding that the United States of America should not, and may not, imprison any individuals for any length of time without specific reasons given publicly and that any prisoner of the United States of America, even if held off the shores of the United States of America should have access to representaion. Any individuals held by the United States of America should only be held with the consent of the state of which the individual is a citizen, unless the individual committed a crime on the soil of the United States of America, in which case this individual falls under the complete juristiction of the United States of America and should be afforded all legal benefits according to the United States of America's own constitution.
As the worlds largest generator of pollution, by failing to sign the KYOTO agreement, I denounce the United States of America for forcing the results of its own destructive behaviour on the rest of the planet's inhabitants.
I admonish the United States of America for its attitude towards Weapons of Mass Destruction. While invading other sovereign states for relatively small collections (or in some cases none) of weapons of mass destruction, the United States of America has a large quantity of these weapons itself. I denounce the United States of America for its forcable destruction of these weapons wherever it feels comfortable doing so, while keeping its own collection of these weapons and supporting its allies rights to collecting these same weapons of mass death and support the idea that all weapons of mass destruction, as well as their manufacture, should be stopped with equal force for all.
External links
- [noegnud homepage]
- [Sourceforge project] (no longer used by the developers)
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