Changing non-floss repositories to blank?
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https://trisquel.info/en/forum/missing-program-and-other-problems#comment-174958
Shows how the minetest client may still download non-floss software even when the "nonfree" content flag is turned on to block it.
https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/packages/extra.git/tree/minetest
has the libre.patch change the repository to a blank user set repository, I think, so Trisquel does not need to
force the use of the "nonfree" content flag:
Only change the repository to a blank one. Though just using the nonfree content flag may not work.
At least 3 non-floss things can be downloaded without a license, maybe many more, though I did not check yet.
A 4th program called "pathogen" is a non-floss software that was found with the minetest client.
I think changing the minetest client to point to a blank repository could help people who do not wish to download pathogen-like non-floss software.
This way people can chose to use only floss software to avoid non-floss problems.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html
A 4th program called "pathogen" is a non-floss software that was found with the minetest client.
As for the three previous mods (as https://trisquel.info/forum/missing-program-and-other-problems#comment-174963 showed), pathogen is free software. https://content.minetest.net/packages/Bas080/pathogen (on the row presenting the mod in Minetest, that link is behind the button "View more information in a Web browser") specifies the license, the WTFPL. It is free: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#WTFPL
Here is the source code, specifying the same license: https://github.com/bas080/pathogen
I think changing the minetest client to point to a blank repository could help people who do not wish to download pathogen-like non-floss software.
Unless you actually find a nonfree mod in Minetest's default list, a blank repository would only make free mods (most o Minetest's appeal) much harder to get. Even if you find some nonfree mod, the most useful action would be to report the bug to Minetest developers, so that only that the "nonfree" tag is added to it.
Thank you for the information about the links and licenses, Magic Banana.
I do not wish to lose freedom supporting mods or games.
I searched with
grep -r license
not
grep -r License
when I was searching this folder for a license, so that may be why I did not see the license.
I'm glad you found out these are under a floss license.
I did not know if the know about the other minetest programs before you kindly showed me the licenses.
Thank you for the help with finding licenses and the information about reporting to the minetest developers, Magic Banana.
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