[Mageia-dev] [RPM] cauldron core/release p-uae-2.3.2-1.gita2b6937.2.mga2

Mon Jun 20 01:54:28 CEST 2011

Le dimanche 19 juin 2011 à 22:40 +0200, Thierry Vignaud a écrit :
+> On 18 June 2011 20:12, Mageia Team <buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org> wrote:
+> > [This is in an unofficial branch of UAE (the Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator)
+> > with the aim of bringing the features of WinUAE to non-Windows platforms
+> > such as Linux, Mac OS X and BeOS.]
+> >
+> > obgr_seneca <obgr_seneca> 2.3.2-1.gita2b6937.2.mga2:
+> > + Revision: 109474
+> > - cleaned spec file
+> > - removed buildroot tag
+> > - imported package p-uae
+> 
+> Should this be in core?
+> In mdv such emulators usually ended in PLF...
+
+Unfortunately, no one ever gave a reason for having them in PLF besides
+"that's because emulators goes to PLF", despites having zsnes and snes9x
+in contribs since years.
+
+Among the potential reasons would be :
+- copyright violation due to proprietary rom/bios ( which need to be
+checked on a case by case basis )
+- copyright due to logo/names/brand ( again, that would be a case by
+case )
+- fear of being attacked due to the bleem! story in 1999
+( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem! ).
+
+The 3rd option would be perfectly suited given the highly "historical"
+nature of the reason.
+
+Nowadays, the only important story I can find would be this one :
+http://mashable.com/2011/05/30/emulators-banned-android-market/ , and
+there isn't much information, besides the supposition this could be a
+TOS violation.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+