On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 22:36:31 -0400 Richard wrote: > However, having looked ath those games' license, I see it is nonfree. > So my decision is to state this policy: > > We urge free distros not to include ScummVM because does not > contribute anything significant to the free software commuity.
if those four games are all non-free, the suggestion will most likely never apply to any distro, because it singles out that one specific and very unpopular program - scummvm is nearly unknown, even to gamers - that statement will only become less relevant over time most other game emulators have no games in the distros repos, and are much more likely to remain in the system, because they have always been used primarily for non-free games - scummvm is among the least interesting one of the lot - without those four games, libre distros will probably remove it anyways, with or without a suggestion to do so at the very least, you could generalize it like: > We urge free distros not to include emulators and hosts of foreign programs > without accompanying libre guest softwrae; because those do not > contribute anything significant to the free software commuity otherwise. in that form, it actually could be a reasonable requirement > Free distros must not include emulators or hosts of foreign programs > without accompanying libre guest softwrae; you are being very inconsistent about this though - on the other thread, you are suggesting that distros should keep _dozens_ of third-party package managers, probably for years, and not suggesting any sort of warning about those - yet those have a clear and present conflict with the FSDG, as it is already written
