Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> * Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> [2021-09-30 
> 17:11]:
> > Guix has some of these programming language package managers 
> > too. The
> > advantage of Guix over other distributions here is that it is 
> > in better
> > position to fix things if something goes wrong.
>
> This reminds me of the issue I have filed in Guix and which was
> competely ignored since years related to GPL liense compliance, 
> which
> was re-filed and mentioned again and then again ignored.

Please tell us the issue numbers so that we can see the 
discussions.

(Ignoring your submissions may have coincided with your pattern of 
abusive behavior on our mailing lists.)


> From GPLv3:
> ━━━━━━━━━━━
>
> >   6. Conveying Non-Source Forms.
>
> Guix does convey non-source forms of software.

It has binary substitutes.  These are not source code.

> 3. Guix does not maintain responsibility to remain obligated to 
> ensure
>    that packages are available for as long as needed. They 
>    should host
>    source code in my opinion, but I think they don't.

We cache source code for as long as it is feasible.  We have lots 
of disk space, but that will eventually run out.  We also partner 
with Software Heritage, where we download source code (identified 
by hash) if the source code is not on our disks.

--
Ricardo