Non-commercial redistributable game data

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 05/17/2010 04:34 PM, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> 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.

Rpmfusion can easily package them.

RH or Fedora are not required to be involved into this at all.

Ralf