Subject: Re: bug#73435: gzdoom package probably depends on non-free files forbidding commercial distribution

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:15:50 +0000

Hi!

Thanks for reporting your findings.

On 23 September 2024 06:38:38 UTC, Mamao--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix <[email-masked]> wrote:
>After trying to delete all the files in GZDoom forbidding commercial
>distribution, I was unable to get GZDoom working so it seems that these
>files are a hard requirement of GZDoom and that GZDoom won't work
>without them.

This directly contradicts the link[0] you referenced.  Would you agree?

Let's not jump to the conclusion that GZDoom must be removed.  Removal is the last step, not the first.

That of course doesn't mean than you're wrong, only that upstream has a different opinion.  Did you ask them about it?  What did they say?

For example, I wouldn't *expect* simply omitting the data files to suffice, if there's optional code that also needs to be --disabled.  Did you look into that?

Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

[0]: https://zdoom.org/wiki/License