On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:35:34 -0700 Joel Aelwyn wrote:
> Just as "sweat of the brow" is not copyrightable (in the US), Debian
> has not, to the best of my knowledge, ever declared a package
> "non-free" because it was too much trouble to do something that was
> legal and would render it free. Certainly, the unmodified version may
> be non-free, [...]
Yes, of course I was discussing the freeness of the upstream versions...
We are lucky that a free Debian package *can* be built, but it is a pity
that it will require "sweat of the brow": we would be far luckier, if
upstream version was already free...
--
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
......................................................................
Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4
Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
Attachment:
pgpioT7P4iqtl.pgp
Description: PGP signature