On May 3, 2016 12:07 PM, "Tom Callaway" <tcallawa(a)redhat.com> wrote:
* Emulators which depend on firmware or ROM files to function may not be
included in Fedora, unless the copyright holder(s) for the firmware/ROM
files give clear permission for the firmware/ROM files to be distributed
(either under a Fedora permissible license or under the Fedora firmware
exception criteria). Note: This only covers the situation where an
emulator will not run at all without firmware/ROM files. For example,
emulators that compile and run, but ship with no game ROMs are not
covered by this rule.
* Emulators must not ship with any ROM files (e.g. games) unless those
ROM files are available under a Fedora permissible license and have been
built from source code in the Fedora buildsystem.
* Emulators must not point to any third-party sites which provide
firmware or ROM files that are distributed without the clear and
explicit permission of their copyright holders.
Does this mean that, if we strip FreeDOS out of dosemu / dosemu2, we can
ship it and even point to a website with FreeDOS binaries?
AIUI the only problem with FreeDOS is that no one knows how to compile it
with a free software toolchain. As far as I know, the binary is pretty
clearly redistributable. (Hmm. Could FreeDOS ship as a firmware blob?
That seems dubious to me.)
--Andy