Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"

[John Sullivan]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 09:34:25PM -0400, bill-auger wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:37:39 -0400 John wrote:
> > But saying the absence of published and
> > shared free extensions/plugins/whatever and the presence of proprietary
> > extensions/whatever means that a free thing that is already packaged
> > should be unpackaged makes no sense to me.
> 
> i dont remember anyone suggesting that - we seem to be kicking a straw-man
> around - IIRC, i was the only one who suggested excluding it, but not as a
> general rule - that was on the basis of work-load/desirability - it consumes
> resources, with no indication that anyone wants to use it - like a shop-keep
> deciding to stop stocking caviar, because no one has bought caviar from that
> shop since 1998
> 

The standard being discussed wouldn't just apply to Parabola.. it would
also apply to other endorsed distros like Trisquel. Where it would mean
ceasing to distribute a free package that is currently available, and
that is not trivial for users to re-create. I don't know what resources
keeping that package consumes, since Trisquel gets it from upstream, but
I would be interested to know. I agree that it's any distros decision to
remove something that is costing resources -- the question here, though,
is whether distros *must* remove it in order to be endorsed, right?

-john