Re: Archive area for clamz (Amazon MP3 downloader)

[Luca Niccoli <lultimouomo@gmail.com>]

On 30 May 2010 04:47, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> I think the policy being applied is that if a package is only useful in
> conjunction with non-free data, it belongs in contrib (just as if it
> depends on some non-free library).

I see a potential problem with this policy:
say I write a DFSG-compliant media player, and I want to add the
ability to download songs from Amazon; I then depend on clamz.
But clamz is in contrib, so my media player must go into contrib, even
though it's free and depends only on free programs, and it's not
useful only in combination with non-free data.
I guess the example would work better with a library, but I think it's
clear enough.

Cheers,

Luca