Re: FSDG issues of SCUMMVM-based games

[Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>]

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On 06-08-2022 06:59, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:

> 2. The "sources" consist of binaries that are installed as-is.

The credits of ScummVM state that the source code is available for 
Drascula[0]

[0] https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/help/credits.html: Emilio de Paz 
Aragón from Alcachofa Soft for sharing the source code of Drascula: The 
Vampire Strikes Back with us and his generosity with freewaring the game.

Maybe that only covered the engine and not the game bytecode though ...

I don't think bytecode falls under the 'non-functional data' exception 
of the FSDG, because code (the sprites, backgrounds and sound are 
another matter).

As such, I agree they should not be distributed (unless the actual 
sources are found, but even then there is (1.)), as per the first 
sentence of ‘(guix)GNU Distribution’.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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