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Re: FSDG issues of SCUMMVM-based games
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Maxime Devos |
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Re: FSDG issues of SCUMMVM-based games |
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Wed, 24 Aug 2022 23:48:27 +0200 |
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On 24-08-2022 22:24, zimoun wrote:
My understanding of the Debian argument is:
1. the licence is BSD-like respecting the Debian Free Software Guidelines
2. point #3 of DFSG [2] says «The license must allow modifications and
derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same
terms as the license of the original software.»
3. considering game data, all people are equals – from original author
to users – because the tool set for modifying these game data does not
exist anymore
Therefore, drascula is part of the ’main’ Debian archive, scummvm too.
I remember (3). I find this an interesting argument.
As far as I know, the 4 freedoms and the whole 'free software!' thing
was not a goal in itself, but rather a means to a goal, a response to
'many times some people and organisations have imposed impractical
restrictions on software, causing problems (example: this situation in
19NN, that situation in 20??, ...) -- can we identify the problems and
generalize until we have a set of rules (4 freedoms) that need to be
respected to avoid the problems?'.
As far as I know, drascula situation is not comparable (see: 'all people
are equals') to the old problems. Yet, I cannot say it's free software
(without the tools, it's effectively a binary instead of source code
until, if ever, the tools are reinvented) (see some of my other
responses in this thread).
As such, do the 4 freedoms need some refinement to accept drascula, do
we have to weaken our requirement of 'only free software' for special
situations like this one, or do we remove drascula, or is there somehow
a fourth option I'm not thinking of?
Myself, I do not know the answer. However, I cannot help with the first
option, the second sounds iffy to me (the exception would need to be
worded really well, or it would be a 'case-by-case' matter which could
take a long time to decide case-by-case, and in both cases it doesn't
seem to fit in 'GNU: free software!').
As such, for me, only the third (removing drascula) is practical for me,
but there are other people here too which could perhaps, say, do the
first or something ...
Greetings,
Maxime.
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