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DuckStation now refuses to build in Arch Linux package environments and announces end of Linux support (github.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Demifriend@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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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.

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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Emulator developer says they refuse to support Linux anymore

Bold move, we'll see if it pays off. It'll just be forked like what already happened once with SwanStation.

[–] Demifriend@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Unfortunately I’m not sure forking is an option. After the SwanStation thing, DuckStation switched to a more restrictive source-available license, and if I’m reading it right I believe that forking would be in violation of the license. This section specifically is what I’m looking at:

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, the Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:

a. reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in part, for NonCommercial purposes only; and

b. produce and reproduce, but not Share, Adapted Material for NonCommercial purposes only.

I am not a lawyer though so I could be misunderstanding. I do wonder if someone won’t just try forking it anyways regardless of legality.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

Just do it anyway he says he doesn't make money from it, what's he going to do, sue over his free project smuglord

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