Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 12:22:27AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Ok, I'm going to upload libgaming. Nothing yet has been created for it, > > > but it is possible. Should I upload it to contrib? > > > > Can you give me an example of *anything* you think belongs in contrib? > > PC emulators that require a BIOS rom. Mol requires the "MacOS ROM" file > from MacOS itself. Things that "Depend: ..." packages in non-free (we > can distribute quake2-engine as depending on nothing, since it is just > the engine, not a game...the games would depend on quake2-engine for > operation.
But, by your logic, none of those belong in contrib. All of them have potientally useful educational value. And all could, in theory, become useful if someone wrote a free alternative for the non-free thing they depend on.
