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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of softwa
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines" |
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Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:28:41 -0400 |
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> i could add too, that what i wrote previously would have been true 10 years
ago
> - today, there is a trend toward web-bound javascript, pocket phones, and VR
> head-sets - if most game development moves into those areas, i would predict
> the result to be a much smaller percentage of games being
freely-distributable,
> than ever before - software on those platforms is not "distributed" in the
> conventional sense - it is downloaded into memory upon use (possibly
guarded by
> some DRM mechanism), and discarded when the "app" exits
This is a very bad trend -- as is use of Javascript in general. We
should try to discourage it if we can -- but is there anything we can
do?
Could we possibly help and encourage people who develop games in JS
to release them also so that a user can install a game on per own computer?
--
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"., (continued)
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"., Esteban Ordóñez, 2023/06/24
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"., Esteban Ordóñez, 2023/06/24
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"., malsasa, 2023/06/24
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"., Esteban Ordóñez, 2023/06/25
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines"., Esteban Ordóñez, 2023/06/25
- [GNU-linux-libre] third-party package managers, bill-auger, 2023/06/30
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", John Sullivan, 2023/06/08
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", Richard Stallman, 2023/06/10
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", bill-auger, 2023/06/11
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", bill-auger, 2023/06/11
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines",
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- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", bill-auger, 2023/06/13
- [GNU-linux-libre] Packaging JavaScript games, Was: Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2023/06/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Packaging JavaScript games, Denver Gingerich, 2023/06/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Packaging JavaScript games, Denver Gingerich, 2023/06/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Packaging JavaScript games, bill-auger, 2023/06/14
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Packaging JavaScript games, Was: Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", Richard Stallman, 2023/06/15
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", John Sullivan, 2023/06/12
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", bill-auger, 2023/06/12
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2023/06/13
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Adding some scummvm game(s) to the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", Richard Stallman, 2023/06/15