On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:27:30 +1100 Gaetan Bisson <bisson@archlinux.org> wrote:
[2012-11-15 00:04:43 -0500] Daniel Wallace:
I read through the entire license. It seemed ok to me but as I am not a lawyer I emailed them to request permission first to redistribute the package in community/multilib.
I am not a lawyer either but I understand sentences such as:
"You may not, in whole or in part: copy, photocopy, reproduce, [...] the Program; [...] You may not [...] transfer reproductions of the Program to other parties in any way [...] without the prior written consent of Valve."
Note that there is a huge difference between written and express consent (the latter is what I believe you have obtained by email). So as best as I understand we do not have legal right to distribute this program.
Not to mention that the package seems to install a wine version of steam that is in closed beta, which makes it less than useful for the majority of us. -- Joakim