Bug#533715: gens-gs package
Hello, I had a quick look at gens that I'd love to package for wheezy+1 too.
* Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> [120701 12:30]:
> Basically I am looking into licensing issues. Part of Gens/GS (starscream) seems
> to be non-free.
FTR:
> Starscream may be distributed freely in unmodified form, as long as this
> documentation is included.
>
> No money, goods, or services may be charged or solicited for Starscream, or
> any emulator or other program which includes Starscream, in whole or in part.
> Using Starscream in a shareware or commercial application is forbidden.
> Contact Neill Corlett (corlett@elwha.nrrc.ncsu.edu) if you'd like to license
> Starscream for commercial use.
>
> Any program which uses Starscream must include the following credit text, in
> its documentation or in the program itself:
>
> "Starscream 680x0 emulation library by Neill Corlett
> (corlett@elwha.nrrc.ncsu.edu)"
So, that's against DFSG #6, but nothing makes it undistributable in
non-free I believe.
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Etienne Millon
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