RFC: Harvest metadata from upstream repository

[avivace]

An homebrew developer could add a metadata file (a-la game.json) in the source repository of it's project (like https://citation-file-format.github.io/) and then ask the repository/homebrew hub to harvest their game

If the metadata file passes validation, it could be added "automatically" to the main repository

To discuss:

• abuses
• updates?
• DMCA?

[asiekierka]

I see little reason to worry about abuses here. If each submission is vetted regardless, then we have both a source of the creator's consent for inclusion in the Homebrew Hub, and a way to verify whether the project is not copyright-infringing in other ways.

Querying for updates of the metadata file is a separate issue to collecting such metadata's existence, IMO.