On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:35:26 -0500 Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM Dan Horák <dan@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:13:34 -0500 > > Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 9:06 AM Link Dupont <link@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I've created a package[1] for linapple[2], an Apple ][ family emulator. I'm trying to understand whether it can be included in Fedora or not. I've read the legal guidelines on emulators[3] and the packaging guidelines on what can be packaged[4]. I believe linapple can run without requiring any sort of boot/system ROM, so I think this falls into the category of inclusion in Fedora. I want to follow the spirit of Fedora's open source as much as possible. Can anyone with a better understanding of the emulator requirements tell me whether linapple can be included or not? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Link > > > > > > > > 1: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025398 > > > > 2: https://github.com/linappleii/linapple > > > > 3: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/misc/#_emulators > > > > 4: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/what-can-be-packaged/#_packages_which_are_not_useful_without_external_code > > > > > > From what I can see in the source code, I think linapple is fine to > > > include. There's no proprietary blobs or code in there that I can see. > > > > https://github.com/linappleii/linapple/blob/master/inc/resource.h > > contains a dump of a ROM, I suppose it's the Apple one, not a > > free reimplementation. Thus I believe linapple is non-free. > > > > Oof I missed that, thanks for catching it. Yes, I agree. np, there is always a ROM in these classic systems and only a few have a free re-implementations (eg. Ataris), so I am very cautious about emulators. Dan -- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
