Re: Basedebs.tgz documentation
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 12:42:24AM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 22:35, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > A few months ago I put together a Debian floppy-maker script for usage
> > on powerpc. The script depends on the MacOS-provided Applescript
> > 'shell' and the scriptable Disk Copy program. The point was made
> > before, that since these MacOS programs are not free (they come with
> > all MacOS distributions), a script depending on them would not be
> > Debian-distributable.
>
> Is the software that would be in the Debian archives itself free
> software, disregarding its dependency on non-free software? If so, I
> don't see what the problem would be with distributing it. (However, I
> don't speak for the ftp-masters, who are presumably the ones who would
> ultimately decide).
>
Yes. i wrote the script and it is GPL.
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