#1001894 ITP: spacecadetpinball -- Decompilation and port of "3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet"

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Lucy M
Date:
2025-11-29 16:49:59 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#1001894#5
Date:
2021-12-18 16:03:00 UTC
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* Package name    : spacecadetpinball
  Version         : 2.0
  Upstream Author : Andrey Muzychenko
* URL             : https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Decompilation and port of "3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet"

Reverse Engineered Decompilation of "3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet",
Ported to be cross-platform.

Doesn't contain the original (proprietary) data files, but requires them to run.
These are to be sourced seperatly. and placed in a relevent dir.
Free assets do not exist yet, but may be possible in future (upstream issue #96)

This game is fun and nostalgic for many who played it when it was included
 with Windows. I believe at least a handful of people will find it useful
 to install this without having to manually build it, as I would have.
 User packages of this already exist for some (non-debian) distros (eg AUR)

I am new to packaging and have produced a package for this using debhelper.
I am unsure of its quality at the moment but im interested in getting it up
 to standard and getting it out there, especially as upstream does not
 provide prebuilt linux binaries.

If my understanding is correct, I need a sponsor & possibly a mentor to
 provide guidance and get any packaging approved?
Please forgive me if I am wrong about this whole process.

Below is what I have so far, if that helps.
https://github.com/LucyLikesYourFace/SpaceCadetPinball
#1001894#10
Date:
2021-12-19 16:24:58 UTC
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Hi,

I’m afraid the fact this source has been obtained as the result of a decompilation of the original proprietary binary means this project cannot be legally under the MIT license. If this is true, it cannot be included in Debian main or contrib, and possibly not even in non-free.
#1001894#15
Date:
2021-12-20 12:19:14 UTC
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Thank you for pointing that out, I had not considered that the source itself might not be distributable. I shall look into this.
#1001894#20
Date:
2022-12-23 10:42:48 UTC
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Hi,

did you have time to look into this? I'd be also interested in have a debian package for it. Even if it would be non-free. You could ask on debian-legal@lists.debian.org how to address the legal situation.

Cheers

werdahias
#1001894#25
Date:
2022-12-23 12:07:36 UTC
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I've been away from this for a while so I haven't had much time to look at
it, sorry.
I know they've put a flatpak version together though so that may make it
easier to install
#1001894#30
Date:
2023-01-25 18:34:32 UTC
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#1001894#35
Date:
2023-06-01 12:06:26 UTC
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Relevant debian-legal thread:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2023/01/msg00000.html

This means (from what I understand) that Microsoft would need to release the source code under a free (permissive) license.---
Matthias Geiger (werdahias)