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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  > But what I'm concerned here is more the long term side effects of a
  > rule that requires to weight the usefulness of software and use cases
  > because it's not always easy to do and not everybody has the same
  > knowledge of how different computing fields use specific software due
  > to people having different area of expertise.

You're criticizing a hypothetical strict general rule, but that's an
extreme response which no one is arguing for.  The proposed action
under discussion is to state officially that ScummVM has a problem.
Exactly what would be incumbent on each free distro is not yet
decided.

When you say what the hypothetical rule would "require", I am not sure
what that means.  Who would the requirement be placed on?  On the free
distros?  On the GNU Project leaders?

Are you talking about what we, the people in this discussion, ought to
do in future cases of programs that people ask us to think about?

I would call that a duty, not a rule.  We have no need to specify
in detail or rigidly how we will deal with these cases.

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