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

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > What an exaggeration!  Writing a free game is a lot of work.  The
  > > small preparatory task of getting and installing ScummVM would hardly
  > > discourage anyone who is prepared to do that work.
  > > 

  > Says who? If I have an hour to sit down and work on something, I would
  > like to spend that hour working on the thing, not downloading and
  > building dependencies, and then the next Friday when I have an hour, 

To write a free game takes a lot more than an hour.  It probably takes
at least hundreds.  One hour of preparatory work is not likely to discourage
a person who seriously intends to do such a large job.  Please don't
make a nountain out of this molehill.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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