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[PATCH 0/2] python-protontricks: New packages + python-vdf dependency

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Message #20 received at 58022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jacob Hrbek <kreyren <at> rixotstudio.cz>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58022: [PATCH 0/2] python-protontricks: New packages +
 python-vdf dependency
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:34:42 +0000

Fair, thanks for noticing it


-- Jacob "Kreyren" Hrbek

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------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, September 29th, 2022 at 10:47 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> Jacob Hrbek kreyren <at> rixotstudio.cz skribis:
> 
> > + (home-page "https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks")
> > + (synopsis
> > + "A simple wrapper for running Winetricks commands for Proton-enabled games.")
> > + (description
> > + "This package provides a simple wrapper for running Winetricks commands for
> > +Proton-enabled games.")
> 
> 
> I did not understand much of this description so I dig a bit and found
> that Winetricks is a requirement for Protontricks, and that Winetricks
> is a script to download non-free Windows software¹. Did I get it right?
> 
> If that characterization is correct, we will not included in Guix as it
> would contradict the Free System Distribution Guidelines (FSDG) that the
> project follows, specifically the bit about not providing “recipes for
> installation of particular nonfree programs”.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
> 
> ¹ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks

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