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Re: Help on policy



Hi,

Falco Cesare writes:

> What would be best?
> 1. A non-free debian package including both sources and needed roms
> 2. Two debian packages: a contrib one including the source and a
> non-free one with the roms only

> Please note that it's a really weird situation: the programs can be
> built without the roms, but they can't run without them!

I wouldn't consider this weird but common to many emulators.  I had a
similar issue with the Mac-on-Linux emulator mol.  At present, it
depends strongly on Mac OS ROM files and since those are not even
distributable, the package (without the ROM files) went into contrib.
This will change when it becomes possible to also start the emulator
from boot loaders for free OSes.

In your case, I would put everything into one non-free package.  If
the roms become free, you can still change into main.  If alternative
roms become available, you can split the package.

Regards, Jens.

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