[Savannah-hackers] Re: non-free software in savannah

[Mathieu Roy]

Robert Millan <address@hidden> said:

> Hello,
> 
> I have been told that the mldonkey project that is
> hosted in savannah contains a file with bytecode
> which doesn't have a corresponding source code.
> 
> The file contains information of the edonkey protocol
> and, for what i can understand, is kept closed to prevent
> the creation of modified clients.
> 
> It is "donkey/donkey.lam" in the mldonkey directory tree.
> proper building of mldonkey requires a patched compiler
> that can parse the bytecode in question.
> 
> Here is what has been said in the authors mailing
> list:
> 
> http://mail.freesoftware.fsf.org/pipermail/mldonkey-users/2002-July/000097.html
> 
> I don't know what is your policy in regards to non-free
> software in savannah, but i'd like to suggest speaking
> with the authors to convince them on switching to a
> free project before anything else.

We are currently dealing with this problem. You're welcome to give
advices and share your mind with address@hidden and mldonkey
people.

Regards,

-- 
Mathieu Roy
 
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