Re: Non-free, Contrib and CDs (Was Re: GNU Win32? Not anymore.)
On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Lalo Martins wrote:
> I'd suggest changing the (rather misleading) names contrib and non-free.
> Contrib doesn't say anything; it is most times non-free as well, or it would
> be in main!
>
> Maybe starting with hamm a better categorization could be used. Like:
>
> -Non-US (already exists)
> -No-profit (can't be sold for profit)
> -No-sell (can't be sold even for cost)
> -Rest-use (restricted use)*
> -Stub (installers - these can always be sold as they're made by us)*
> -Depprobl (free stuff that depends on non-free stuff, like motif apps)*
>
> This makes things clearer for admins and CD vendors. Stuff marked with a *
> would go into official CDs.
Agreed, although I'd also add a 'Orphaned/Obsolete' section.
The problem with the current scheme is that no package in non-free is
distributed on any CD, although many (most?) packages in this section
could be.
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