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Retroarch might violate FSDG

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38360: closed (Retroarch might violate FSDG)
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 21:21:02 +0000

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with message-id <87a78dnjsj.fsf <at> nckx>
and subject line Re: bug#38360: [PATCH] gnu: retroarch: Disable Online Updater [FSDG fix].
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regarding Retroarch might violate FSDG
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From: Nicolò Balzarotti <anothersms <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Retroarch might violate FSDG
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:15:01 +0100

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Hello guix!

How I reported today on the IRC #guix channel:

We might have a problem on how retroarch is packaged. I've never used it,
tried just now. There's the "core download" section where it downloads
"$core.so.zip". Those are .so files:
.config/retroarch/cores/atari800_libretro.so:     file format elf64-x86-64.
I think we should either compile them and ship them or remove the download
section or something.
Also, when downloading cores there are no license info

nckx provided this [1] as a useful link. It seems that some of the plugins
are available for non-commercial projects only (so not compatible with the
GPLv3, used by retroarch).

It is something we should investigate and address, both for licensing
issues and for safety (and because we do not want to ship precompiled
binaries).

Thanks, Nicolò

[1] https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-license-violations

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: 38360-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38360: [PATCH] gnu: retroarch: Disable Online Updater [FSDG
 fix].
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:20:12 +0100

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Nicolò, Guix,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix 写道：
> * gnu/packages/emulators.scm (retroarch)[source]: Add patch and 
> snippet.
> * packages/patches/retroarch-disable-online-updater.patch: New 
> file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

That patch was incomplete, but I've pushed a similar fix as 
775497549c6114ebdce57e787c94d5fedc368e49.

I'm marking this as done.  Let me know if there's anything I 
missed.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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