On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 08:44:53AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > The problem with miboot is that there are 200 or so m68k instructions in the > > > boot sector, which have not been changed since over 10 years probably, and > > > probably nobody at appple even remembers them, and thus we are not shipping > > > miboot even in non-free, while at the same time distributing it from > > > people.debian.org. > > FWIW, I think that asserting that "we" are distributing miboot from > > people.debian.org is nothing more than an invitation for someone to ask you > > to remove the binaries. But is there actually any reason why miboot can't > > be distributed in non-free? If there is, then that reason also applies to > The reason why miboot is not being distributed as part of non-free is because > those few asm instructions, which are nothing more than rom mac function > calls, have no explicit distribution rights attached, but as no doubt apple > has tools in their os to create and distribute bootable floppies (well, back > in the days when they had floppies), i really doubt this is a problem. And yet you won't upload the package to non-free, presumably because you think it won't be accepted by the ftp-masters, but you will distribute it from a project box (people.debian.org), which exposes Debian to the same liability (if any)? That sounds terribly irresponsible to me. If you can't come to an agreement with the ftp-masters that these files are distributable, then you shouldn't be distributing them from p.d.o either. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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