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Re: [draft] Re: Sun Java available from non-free



On 5/19/06, Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> wrote:
(...)
> >     (b) the Software is distributed with your Operating System, and
> >     such distribution is solely for the purposes of running Programs
> >     under the control of your Operating System and designing,
> >     developing and testing Programs to be run under the control of
> >     your Operating System;
>
> non-free is not part of Debian so we definetly don't distribute it as
> part of the Operating system.

Note that the license says "... is distributed *with* your Operating
System", and not "is part of". I don't know where you read the "part of"
bit? Anyway, we definitely do distribute non-free *with* our OS, it's in
debian/pool/non-free on all our mirrors alongside debian/pool/main, and
distributing it in the same directory hierarchy is definitity "with" in
my book.

Could you paste your answer to the p&p question below[0] ?

- What is Debian's (current) approach to non-free software?  Why?  Is
non-free part of the Debian System?

[0] = "Mini-HOWTO for Debian New Maintainers Application Managers" /
APPENDIX 3: SAMPLE QUESTIONS ON PHILOSOPHY
URL: http://people.linux.org.tw/~chihchun/cddp/www/devel/join/nm-amhowto

(...)

Thanks in advance,
-- stratus



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