Bug 8642 - ioquake3-demo should be in a separate non-free package
Summary: ioquake3-demo should be in a separate non-free package
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rémi Verschelde
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Reported: 2013-01-09 16:56 CET by Malo Deniélou
Modified: 2019-04-04 22:53 CEST (History)
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Description Malo Deniélou 2013-01-09 16:56:43 CET
ioquake3-demo is a downloader for a nonfree element. By policy it should be in the non-free media, like get-skype.
So ioquake3-demo should be separated from ioquake3 (which is free) and put in non-free.
Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-21 22:43:17 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => juan.baptiste

Comment 1 Juan Luis Baptiste 2013-01-21 23:54:09 CET
I can't find where the licensing policy[1] says that, and the content of the ioquake3-demo is completely is free software, so it can be con core. And according to our policy, we follow Fedora licensing guidelines[2], and Fedora includes this quake3-demo too[3], so I don't see the problem having it in core.

[1] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Licensing_policy
[2] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Licensing_policy#Licensing_Guidelines_for_packages
[3] http://pkgs.org/fedora-rawhide/fedora-i386/quake3-demo-1.36-14.svn2102.fc18.i686.rpm.html
Comment 2 Rémi Verschelde 2014-03-10 19:52:54 CET
What is problematic is the fact that a core package installs nonfree content on your computer, even if you specifically disabled the nonfree repos because you want a 100% Mageia.

Even if the ioquake3-demo package in itself is free, I don't know any easier mechanism to make sure that a user knows he's install nonfree software, than putting the package in nonfree (just like get-skype).

CC: (none) => remi

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2019-04-04 20:42:40 CEST
This bug is terribly old. At M6, this pkg 'oquake3-demo' is still in 'core'. Accepting earlier comments, do we leave things as they are; or re-classify the pkg as non-free? Who would do this?

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 4 Rémi Verschelde 2019-04-04 22:53:26 CEST
I'll have a look.

Assignee: juan.baptiste => rverschelde


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