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	javispedro	2010-03-31 , 14:22
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Originally Posted by TA-t3

I don't see why a discussion is even necessary.
1) Emulators are fine.
2) Copyrighted material (ROMs): Only copyright holders can give you permission to use it. That's the law. So, ROMs are not fine.
3) Keep 1), remove 2) (if any) from the repositories.

It's not as simple. Without 2, some applications in set 1 will not run (and thus maybe not even be able to enter Extras). Thus some will then try to create a Fedora-like rule where "no application requiring external, proprietary files to do anything useful will be allowed in the repositories" (note: this is not the actual rule but a very mutated one).

My personal vote here is to do as TA-t3 says and allow the distribution of "1"; for example, you could make "1" autodownload the required files from some other site (like the copyright holder's own site if they're redistributing the files -- think flashplayer). Clearly, packages doing this will have to go to non-free.

EDIT:I see that I was too slow writing this

Originally Posted by suihkulokki

This ofcourse means the emulator developer needs to find a web host for the roms, which will then take the legal risk. Indeed, the people in this thread who think roms should stay, would probably make the best candidates as hosters

I am still a bit worried about allowing this if the copyright holder is clearly against it.

Last edited by javispedro; 2010-03-31 at 14:27.

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