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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: [SOLVED] Is Ok to put "abandonware" on the AUR?

Let's see...

Alone in the Dark can be purchased here.
Battle Chess can be purchased here.
Space Quest can be purchased here.
The Incredible Machine and The Incredible Machine 2 can be purchased here.

If we define "abandonware" as "software no longer available for purchase", at least those five above are clearly not "abandonware"...

What should we do with these and similar packages? They're still available in the AUR and provide a link to Abandonia download.

Report on aur ML and let the TU handle this.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Is Ok to put "abandonware" on the AUR?

An update on the matter:
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 16992.html

I've discussed the matter with other TU's. Here's one way we can handle this:
- If a package appears on AUR that has direct links to commercial/abandonware/warez, send an e-mail to this mailinglist.
- A TU will then promptly adopt the package in question, remove the direct link and then leave it as an orphan for anyone to pick up.

This method is balanced, as it administers a tiny punishment for a tiny offence. I think it will work.

If there are no loud cries of injustice, I'll perform this procedure on the four abovementioned packages in one of the following days.