From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: ng0@n0.is
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Package inclusion criteria
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:48:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a7wtpp35.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87efm6xgos.fsf@abyayala.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (ng0@n0.is's message of "Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:10:11 +0000")
ng0@n0.is skribis:
> On Wed, 31 Jan 2018, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>> Hello,
[...]
>> I can understand Mark’s concerns, though I don’t have a strong opinion
>> on this particular package (I find it both “weird” and “amusing”; it
>> reflects on how people use those Git services.)
>>
>> The only formal acceptance criterion for packages in Guix is that it
>> must be free software and FSDG-compatible. However, there might be
>> software we’d rather not include in Guix proper for various reasons.
>>
>> One example we discussed recently is a package that allowed users to
>> exploit specific security vulnerabilities, IIRC, and at the time we
>> chose not to include it. I suspect there are other situations where we
>> might be inclined to reject the package, but it’s hard to anticipate
>> them; I suspect it’s going to be rare, though.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> I think we should do the following:
>
> * list examples of what has been previously rejected or dropped,
> there we can list LISPF4 (accepted, never worked, code to be
> considered not really copyright worthy, dropped), the recent
> black/greyhat / PoC package I've sent, software not aligned
> with the guidelines of Guix (for example linux),...
> Probably best in full sentences "Software packages which are
> intend to be used by professionals bla bla bla ..."
Like I wrote, these are quite unusual situations and special cases. I
don’t expect to be able to have a policy document covering possible
cases.
(Linux is not included because it contains non-free software; that’s the
one inclusion criterion that’s very clear and unambiguous.)
Ludo’.
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2018-01-29 23:09 ` 01/01: gnu: Add badass Mark H Weaver
2018-01-30 4:17 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-31 13:53 ` Package inclusion criteria Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-31 14:10 ` ng0
2018-01-31 17:56 ` myglc2
2018-01-31 23:48 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2018-01-30 9:05 ` 01/01: gnu: Add badass ng0
2018-01-30 9:12 ` ng0
2018-01-31 3:54 ` Oleg Pykhalov
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