Re: FSDG issues of SCUMMVM-based games

[Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>]

Am Mittwoch, dem 24.08.2022 um 14:53 +0200 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou:
> Hello,
> 
> Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > The packages
> > - drascula,
> > - lure,
> > - queen, and
> > - sky
> > all share issues that make me question whether they should be in
> > Guix.
> > 
> > 1. Their license explicitly prohibits selling of the games
> > themselves and may thus be qualified as non-free.
> > 2. The "sources" consist of binaries that are installed as-is.
> > 
> > Given the above, I think we ought not distribute them.  Note that
> > this is not a statement on SCUMMVM itself, but only the packages
> > built with it.
> > 
> > WDYT?
> 
> For the record, I added these games because I agree with Debian
> packagers on the topic. See
> <
> https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/drascula/drascula_1.0+ds4-1_copyright
> >.
This statement seems to contradict itself.
> The data included in the source package represents the preferred form
> for modifications.
> If they were licensed under the G P L it would fail the "preferred
> form of modification" requirement
As far as I'm concerned, "preferred form of modification" should not be
dependant upon the license in question.  Speaking of the license in
question, it's prohibition of selling is nowhere mentioned.

Cheers