From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Louis Subject: Re: MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:01:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20160329140142.GA19492@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40443) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akuEd-0001FB-AR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:03:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akuEa-0008V1-4D for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:03:07 -0400 Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:50515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akuEZ-0008Us-UE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:03:04 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline 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: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello Nils, On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 02:41:54PM +0200, Nils Gillmann wrote: > If we drop it, there will be very likely inofficial repositories > carrying it, like there are now for custom packaged non-free > software. And those people will end up coming to our chat and > lists, and we have to deal with it somehow in distancing us very > clearly from third party packages (if not already done so). That is because basic guidlines of GuixSD are missing. And people surely come for the convenience but miss to understand what it means to distribute free software. I am now more aware of that. There is absolutely no legal background in accepting packages for distribution, which means developers lack understanding of it. It is not possible to be a programmer and attorney in the same time. Qualified people, probably from FSF, shall assist in solving trademark issues, as there is no point giving links if those who make software packages, and those who accept it, do not have a process of legal approval. For example, I guess there is absolutely no point in reading this text here over Nintendo=C2=AE trademarks: https://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#emulator because those who accept packages they simply think it is alright to do what they do, and their opinions and knowledge lack any clues of trademark laws. Jean Lous