Scripts: Remove PKGBUILD
I originally provided this an alternative to the broken AUR packages.
However, it seems that Arch users would rather use broken packages and keep complaining to me instead of their packager. I specifically forbid packages for DuckStation (see README.md), and there’s no way to request removal of these packages without handing my details over to a distribution I want nothing to do with.
So this is step one. Next step will be removing Linux support entirely, because I’m sick of the headaches and hacks for an operating system that only compromises 2% of the userbase, and I don’t even use myself. But I’m hoping the Linux community will be reasonable, because as someone giving up my free time and not being compensated in any way, I shouldn’t have to deal with this.
Just grep the source for “wayland” and you’ll see what I mean.
I mean, the dev changed the license for duckstation from GPL (totally free license) to a much more proprietary license (some sort of “you can read but may not modify the code” sort of thing). There are other PlayStation emulators, duckstation isn’t the only option, and the dev is apparently not a proponent of free software.
Obviously they can do what they like, but so can I, and what I like is free software and devs who understand and appreciate why software should be free. So I will not be using duckstation and instead will use one of the other PlayStation emulators that exist, which have better (freer) licenses and are easily available from the AUR (actually, there’s even a libretro core for the PlayStation in Extra, don’t even have to go to the AUR).
I care about free software, because I hate private property, especially intellectual property. The duckstation dev clearly does not, they clearly want sole control over their work and don’t want anyone else to touch it. That’s fine, I won’t use it, and they can keep developing for their preferred user base, whoever the fuck that might be.
This is such a non-story, it’s hardly going to affect Linux users who want PlayStation emulators, anyone who was using duckstation will simply switch to one of the better options.
A project I kinda like did this recently and switched from GPL to a proprietary license during a major version change, but it definitely made sense because there were companies that were straight up ripping the project and putting it into non-free software then doing nothing to help with development beyond yelling for features.
I can get it in that situation where your project is suddenly being used to make other people money while you subsist on $600/month in donations.
Doesn’t really make sense when the project is being used entirely within the open source ecosystem though…
AFAIK GPL prevents this from occurring if you’re using v3+
There is no good reason to use a proprietary license, companies and people who treat you poorly will continue to treat you poorly regardless of what slip of paper you have.
It was a whole thing. A large portion of the community got upset they switched from GPLv3 to a custom license. They wanted to biffrucate the codebase so they could sell a Pro version. v2 also changed the schemas which busted my Python library lol