Hello Christian, Am Wed, Dec 06, 2023 at 09:36:06PM +0100 schrieb Christian Miller: > 1. PrismLauncher[0]: The software itself is licensed as GPL3 but it is > used to download and launch a proprietary videogame called > "Minecraft". Since it is itself GPL3 licensed but used for a > proprietary videogame, would it be allowed for upstream or not? > > 2: PCSX2[1]: Software itself is licensed as GPL3 but is used to > emulate a PlayStation 2 (game console), which is highly proprietary > hardware. It is also wishlisted on libreplanet[2]. It requires the > original proprietary BIOS (not distributed by the software) to run. > Since it is a game console, it also requires proprietary video games > (not distributed by the software).
since we do not advertise non-free software and do not encourage users to install it, these two are not suitable for inclusion into Guix. > 3. impatient-mode[3]: This is an Emacs mode to write HTML and see it > in realtime rendered in the web browser. It has no license file. In > the file "impatient-mode.el" it says "This is free and unencumbered > software released into the public domain.". Is this suitable for an > upstream package? It looks to me not correctly licensed but I am also > not an expert in this and therefore unsure. This looks okay, we have a license:public-domain. Andreas
