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Subject: Re: MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:15:43 +0200
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Jean Louis <guix@rcdrun.com> skribis:

> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 04:23:15PM +0200, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:

[...]

>> I have no interest in MAME, but refusing to distribute it makes
>> assumption about what people are going to use it for.  The fact that
>> apparently =E2=80=9Cmost=E2=80=9D people are running non-free stuff on t=
op of it, is not
>> a valid argument in term of software freedom or compliance with FSDG.
>> It could be valid for other ethical issues but IMO Guix should focus
>> only on Free Software ethics.
>
> I am find if it is going to be solved by a compliance officer.

There=E2=80=99s compliance officer going to tell us whether a proposed exte=
nsion
to the FSDG is good or not.  The FSDG are community rules, not a law.

The right thing to do IMO is to discuss those rules here and on
gnu-linux-libre, where other free distro people and FSF staff are
reading.

Ludo=E2=80=99.