

I need help deciding what to do with Crafty

Crafty has a new license (below) that everyone agrees takes it out of
"free" where an older version currently resides.  I have had requests to
upgrade the package.

I guess I have the following options:

1) Do nothing.  Just keep maintaining the older version which is very
   unlikely to be updated.

2) Keep the old version (which plays a pretty mean game) in "free" and
   add a new package in "non-free" or "contrib".

3) Get rid of the old package altogether and just maintain the non-free

4) Drop Crafty.

Is there some way to get a consensus on what should be done?

Paul Serice

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