Re: Non-commercial redistributable game data

On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 15:36 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > My point is a bit different: I consider this mechanism to be a way to > *circumvent* rpm as means of packaging and it to be a way of encourage > *sloppyness*, *lazyness* and *carelessness*, which endangers Fedora's users. > > If FESCO has a little understanding, they would have noticed that > "mechanically packaging" game data into rpms and to ship them via repos > is trivial. There is no need to add another mechanism for shipping > packages and to endanger users from the security risks this comes > attached with. > > Or differently: One fundamental key of rpm-based distros safety and > consistency has been not to allowing other means of installation. Ralf, I think we all agree with the fact that it is optimal to install game data as an rpm. The problem is that, for any game that uses autodownloader, the data *cannot* be packaged in Fedora because of license reasons.