[I wonder at which stage this proposal is at the moment] On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 07:05:33PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > I propose the following extra requirement for non-free and contrib > packages: > > A package which is non-free must contain a file > /usr/doc/<package>/README.non-free (or one of its dependencies must > contain a relevant such file). This file must contain either: > > 1. A copy of an electronic mail message received by the package > maintainer from the copyright holder(s) denying a request to make the > package DFSG-free. Package maintainers should usually use a standard > request for this, which is at [INSERT URL/FILENAME]. The request must > have stated that the response will be made public, and must also be > included in the file. I like this. This sounds logical to what Debian is and wants to be, the 100% free Linux distribution. Regards, Joey -- / Martin Schulze * joey@infodrom.north.de * 26129 Oldenburg / / http://home.pages.de/~joey/ / Never trust an operating system you don't have source for! /
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