Re: Can I package linapple and ship it in Fedora?

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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
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