Bug#607598: visualboyadvance: 2xSaImmx.asm only allows for *non commercial* use

[Karl Goetz]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:36:08 +1030
Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:28:41 +0100
> Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 13:38:58 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
> 
> > > visualboyadvance in debian contains a file which lacks commercial
> > > distribution rights [1]. Since this isn't granted by default, we
> 
> > I guess worst case we can drop this file and drop the optimisation
> > on i386 by building with --without-mmx.
> 
> This package[1] builds and runs, but I've not tested that games run
> inside it.

Hi,
I've tested with a pair of roms downloaded off the 'net and it appears
to be running ok. I have a c2d laptop though, so i have plenty of CPU
time to throw at it.
Hopefully someone else can test this and get back with how it performs
on a slower system too.
thanks,
kk

> There are a few known issues with it (eg, I'm not sure if the
> versioning is correct), but hopefully its more or less there.
> 
> thanks,
> kk
> 
> [1]
> http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=visualboyadvance
> 


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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
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