Joe,
Just a quick note to ask you about the fceu Debian package, as its story
kind of relates to some existing software in contrib.
In this message to debian-legal:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/01/msg00128.html
you said:
I currently maintain an NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
emulator for Debian called fceu (FCE Ultra). Although it is
licensed under the GPLit is currently in contrib since it is
mainly useful to play non-free ROMs (eg. Super Mario Brothers,
Legend of Zelda, etc...). I would like to do what I can to move
it into main.
It seems kind of strange to me and some other debian-legal people that a
package was kept out of main because the data files it uses are
non-free. Even for emulators and interpreters, this is kind of unusual.
Can you explain, for my benefit, why fceu wasn't in main in the first
place? Was it your decision, or did you get advice on the matter from
others? Was it just because the game ROMs are usually non-free, or was
there other software (such as an operating-system ROM) that was
required?
Thanks for your help.
~ESP
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Evan Prodromou <evan@debian.org>
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