So a separate channel would work for non-free software? I know the stuff is fundamentally gross. I'd still like to have a better way to get out of an ecosystem that is basically entirely all non-free software and a transition to fully free becomes possible.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 01:09:06PM -0500, Josh Marshall wrote:
> One thing I know that I have run into, and have heard so many times over
> from those on Windows is how unstable or much of a hassle it can be to get
> games to work. In the last few weeks, I spent ~20 hours just to this
> hassle myself. Having everything included as a guix package would go a
> very long way to resolving these instabilities, kicking most of the
> problems down to just the kernel and kernel modules which is far more
> constrained. This should make it easier to make not Windows more
> palatable, but AGPL+DRM isn't exactly the most cozy of relationships.
> Given this, would having these games as packages be permissible? Perfect
> being the enemy of the good and all that.
In general, we follow the Free System Distribution Guidelines (FSDG) in
deciding what is acceptable to include in GNU Guix:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html
All software must be freely licensed, and support for DRM is not
permitted.
However, if you have code that is working for you, or you think that
Guix can improve the situation overall, Guix channels are a
well-supported way to use Guix while remaining separate from it.