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| %h*** Packages inclusion rules *** |
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| SvarDOS is a DOS distribution that comes with plenty of third-party packages. |
| With time, packages get updated and new packages are being added. However, |
| SvarDOS is not a shareware distribution CD, nor it is a "warez" production of |
| any kind. Every software that is distributed within SvarDOS must comply to a |
| few common sense rules, as listed below. |
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| %hObjective usefulness |
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| The distributed software must be useful. There is no point in distributing |
| hundreds of "Hello World" programs for example. The software must be useable |
| as a finished product and provide some features that are proven to be seeked |
| by at least a subset of the user base. Games are considered useful, as long as |
| they fulfill their goal of providing actual distraction. |
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| %hReasonable quality |
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| The packaged program must exhibit traits of reasonable quality. This means |
| that it should have a deterministic behavior, and be free of undesirable |
| side-effects to the user's computer (not crashing, freezing, resulting in |
| unexpected loss of data, etc). It should also provide clear, non-ambiguous |
| instructions to the user about how the program is meant to be used. |
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| %hFree (no cost) |
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| The program must be free - that is, available at no financial cost. It doesn't |
| have to comply to an OSI-approved license or be open-source (even if that |
| would be preferred), but at the very least it must be free for personal, |
| non-commercial use. |
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| %hDistribution allowed |
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| The program must allow distribution without restrictions, and must not forbid |
| being redistributed in a re-packaged form. |
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| %!CORE EXCEPTIONS |
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| Please note that, while the above rules are valid for all third-party packages |
| that may be distributed with SvarDOS, it does not apply to the 'core' packages |
| that contain the operating system itself. SvarDOS being a free (as in "libre") |
| operating system, all "core" packages must comply to a libre-like license - be |
| it GPL, BSD, MIT, public domain, or anything that allows for unrestricted |
| distribution, provides source code and allows to modify it freely. |