On 6 July 2016 at 12:27, Profpatsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Free software doesn’t mean it is free as in free beer. > > There are a couple of (very good) applications, that are > sold, like for example Ardour or Radium. > They are normally distributed as binaries, but come with > the source code (as required by their license). > > I think nixpkgs should include them as well (if only because > executing the pre-built binaries on nixos is impossible), > but I also think it is ethically questionable to skip the > buying process. > > I’m at a loss.
One improvement we can do is making it easier to run pre-built binaries. Right now you have to create a Nix file with pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv and pass in a lot of data[1]. What if we write a script that creates an FHS environment from all profiles (system, default, user)? "nix-run-impure myprog"? It would (almost) be as easy to run prebuilt programs on NixOS as any other distro. The result would be a mix of nix-shell, steam-run and buildFHSUserEnv. Thoughts? [1] https://nixos.org/wiki/FHS_environments Best regards, Bjørn Forsman _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
