Re: FSDG issues of SCUMMVM-based games

[Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>]

I thought I remembered that "Beneath a Steel Sky" was released by its
authors under GPLv2 to some applause back in the day.  I remember that's
why I installed and played it...

It's mentioned here at least:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky#Freeware_release_and_Remastered_edition

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> Hi Liliana,
>
> Liliana Marie Prikler 写道：
>> The packages
>> - drascula,
>
> […]
>
>> 1. Their license explicitly prohibits selling of the games
>> themselves
>> and may thus be qualified as non-free.
>
> Yep, it's pretty explicit, and I agree that it's an unreasonable
> restriction that makes the software non-free.
>
>> 2. The "sources" consist of binaries that are installed as-is.
>
> Wow, you weren't kidding.  Of the 1145(!) or 63 MiB(!) of files,
> literally not one is source code.
>
> At best, the archive contains 3 ‘text’ files: one with only numbers,
> one with only asterisks, and one with only blank lines.
>
>> - lure,
>> - queen, and
>> - sky
>
> I didn't check these, but I believe you if you say they're just as
> bad.
>
> I see no way to keep these in Guix.
>
> Thanks!
>
> T G-R
>
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