Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Emulators

[Sam Geeraerts]

Graziano wrote:
> I don't know if there are free software ROMs out there but I never heard 
> of them.

Apparently there are resources ([1], [2]) available to learn how to 
write your own game. I don't know of any free ROMs either, though.

> The point is I always heard rms talking about banning a program if it 
> *suggests* the use of non free software such as firefox proposing to 
> install Adobe Flash or linking a non free addon page.
>
> It doesn't seem the case here but I may be wrong.

This is similar to ndiswrapper [3]: if the purpose of the program is to 
enable running a particular type of software and none of that software 
is free, then including the program in the distro suggests it's OK to 
run that non-free software. While it is possible to develop free 
software for it, it's easier to write that software directly for the 
underlying platform instead of the emulator, so it's unlikely that much 
of it exists.

[1] http://nesdev.parodius.com/NESTechFAQ.htm#beginprogramming
[2] http://bobrost.com/nes/
[3] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/NONFSDG#ndiswrapper.2C_ndisgtk