Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[greatgnu]

I remember Magic B pointing out this to me a year ago or so, it is indeed a  
problem, I love snes and I love a couple of emulators that are free software  
and work great, but the games themselves are all proprietary. It is very sad  
not being able to play Donkey Kong Country in clear conscience, which I  
haven't ever since :'(

Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[jason]

"Surely those 'ROMs' can be released under the GPL by their respective  
artists"


I don't mean colloquial usage of the term "ROM" used by the community but the  
actual ROM; inside the computer that contained the software that lets it do  
things like this:  
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/C64_startup_animiert.gif


That software has no source code and so is automatically proprietary  
regardless of any license. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html  
"access to the source code is a precondition."

Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[sleazed]

To be fair, there is a robust demoscene community for both the C64 and  
Vic-20. Surely those “ROMs” can be released under the GPL by their  
respective artists? I understand your argument for VICE. Brandy, however, I  
believe deserves a chance. It is a great education software given the  
interesting and well-documented history of the BBC Micro.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[jason]

VICE needs a ROM from one of the machines to work. These are non-free.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[sleazed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VICE
Vice is licensed under the GPLv2.
Brandy is also licensed under the GPL.
https://github.com/peterhellberg/brandy

Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[jason]

I wonder if there are any Free programs to run on them or if they're just a  
way to run proprietary software?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[David Philipe Gil]

I second this request. I think we should start a massive list will
alphabetically sorted apps to add.


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[Trisquel-users] Emulator Packages

[sleazed]

Two great emulators that should be added to the Trisquel package list:
vice: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vice
brandy: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/brandy.1.html

Vice is an emulator of various Commodore systems (C64, Vic-20, etc.)
Brandy emulates the BBC Micro. This is good because there was a recent  
release of the full archives teaching people to use it. See the following  
link: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44628869