Re: PINE Debian Package
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 07:41:37PM -0700, George Bonser wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 storm@gate.net wrote:
>
> > If the binary isn't up to date, it defeats the idea of providing it. And
> > seeking out permission to distribute specific binaries is not what Debian
> > is in the business of doing. Please, read
> > http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html, specifically point 9 of the
> > Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). The social contract is what
> > Debian *IS*. If you don't like it, you know where to find RedHat.
>
>
> Which probably should hold for everything in main but not non-free or
> contrib. Those portions are specificly for software that does not meet
> the DFSG.
I already told you that contrib software has to be 100% dfsg free
it may only depend on non-free software, but it must not be non-free
iteself.
>
> Anything in non-free is guaranteed to be non-DFSG compliant.
>
But at least distributable via ftp.
>
>
> George Bonser
>
> If I had a catchy quip, it would be here.
>
>
>
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