From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jookia <166291@gmail.com> Subject: Re: MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:25:22 +1100 Message-ID: <20160329082522.GA10814@jookia-eeepc.Home> References: <20160328215516.GA27719@protected.rcdrun.com> <20160329002620.GB6484@jookia-eeepc.Home> <20160329044242.GA1239@protected.rcdrun.com> <20160329062711.GA17752@jookia-eeepc.Home> <20160329073040.GA20807@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58109) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <166291@gmail.com>) id 1akoy5-0006eo-DZ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:25:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <166291@gmail.com>) id 1akoy2-0001TI-2o for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:25:41 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::22a]:37764) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <166291@gmail.com>) id 1akoy1-0001TE-Ow for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:25:38 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id p65so14931662wmp.0 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 01:25:37 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160329073040.GA20807@protected.rcdrun.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jean Louis Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 09:30:40AM +0200, Jean Louis wrote: > I cannot understand the rationalization and justifications based on the > single fact how WINE/MAME or other similar emulators are free software > by themselves, and that is the only reason to include them, but let us > avoid all the reality about that, that those platforms are being > developed for the major purpose of running non-free software. It does > not play alone. It is hypocrisy. I think this might be my last email since they don't seem to be forming any kind of discussion, so I'll leave this question: Should we ship Linux-libre with virtualization support? From what I know there's only a handful of systems out there that can run it without proprietary blobs in its BIOS updates. What about virtualization with PCI passthrough support, primarily used for video games? > Jean Louis Jookia.