Re: Excessively energy-consuming software considered malware?

[Paul Jewell]

> On 20 Feb 2022, at 10:07, Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:
> 
> Guix has a policy against including malware[citation needed 2], and
> furthering global warming[3] (and energy prices[4], if [3] is not bad
> enough for you) seems rather bad behaviour to me.
> 
> Would these miners be considered malware in Guix?
> Greetings,
> Maxime.

To directly answer your question, in my opinion miners should not be considered 
malware in Guix. 
Much as I don’t like the adverse climate impact of miners and crypto, I think 
it is the thin end of the wedge of packages are restricted based on climate 
impact. I think we should stick to restrictions based on licence conditions. Of 
course, this is just a personal opinion, and has no more validity than your 
opinion!!

Best regards,
Paul