Valve's Steam License Causes Linux Packaging Concerns

[wraggster]

"With the Linux Steam beta (http://steamcommunity.com/linux) giving Ubuntu and its large userbase all the love, other Linux gamers understandably want to be let in on the fun. For the beta, Valve has provided Steam as a Debian package. Many hungry Linux gamers have reported that they have Steam running on their favorite distro, but that still leaves the legal debate (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIyOTI). What is the legal threshold needed to get Steam in the repos (https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2012-November/024046.html) of your preferred flavor of Linux? Will Valve's one-size-fits-every-OS license be flexible to work on Linux or will it delay the dream of a viable gaming world for Linux? We are so close to bridging the last major hurdle in finally realizing the year of the Linux desktop: Gaming. Lets hope the FOSS community and Valve can play together so we all win."
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/11/16/2037231/valves-steam-license-causes-linux-packaging-concerns