On 8/7/05, Philipp Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the case of zsnes its practical function is to emulate a SNES
> console, with all its hardware. It supports this completely without any
> non-free data. It's only that most data for practical use is non-free.
>
> Take Wine. It emulates the W
Henning Makholm wrote:
A program in main must not only be able to run and avoid crashing
without non-free (or hypothetical) support data; it must also at least
be able to perform to a reasonable degree whatever is its main
practical function. A set of dummy data whose only practical function
is t
Scripsit Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 06:07:19PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
>> I still disagree as zsnes does not *require* non-free ROMs. One could
>> write a free ROM, and one presenting the Debian logo is provided. It
>> does not depend on any non-free syste
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 06:07:19PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Andrew Saunders wrote:
> >So even if you managed to build it entirely with free tools at some
> >later date, this issue alone would relegate it to contrib until
> >suitably free data is available - or at lea
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 06:07:19PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Andrew Saunders wrote:
> >So even if you managed to build it entirely with free tools at some
> >later date, this issue alone would relegate it to contrib until
> >suitably free data is available - or at lea
On Aug 6, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Andrew Saunders wrote:
So even if you managed to build it entirely with free tools at some
later date, this issue alone would relegate it to contrib until
suitably free data is available - or at least, that's been the current
practice for e.g. emulators such as zsnes w
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