[Nix-dev] Packaging free software that costs money

[Teo Klestrup]

The precedent I've seen in most other distributions (both Ubuntu and Arch
in the case of Ardour) has been to just package it like any other GPL
software.

If that's not enough then I suppose a (somewhat ineffective) alternative
would be to require a honor code flag that you've paid for it, somewhat
similarly to allowUnfree.
On 6 Jul 2016 12:27, "Profpatsch" <mail at profpatsch.de> wrote:

> Free software doesn’t mean it is free as in free beer.
>
> There are a couple of (very good) applications, that are
> sold, like for example Ardour or Radium.
> They are normally distributed as binaries, but come with
> the source code (as required by their license).
>
> I think nixpkgs should include them as well (if only because
> executing the pre-built binaries on nixos is impossible),
> but I also think it is ethically questionable to skip the
> buying process.
>
> I’m at a loss.
>
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