Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
On 3/7/06, Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> I have overhauled and extended my old draft. See below, and please
> comment.
I think you've presented the the issues clearly. However there is
one point that I think warrants more attention:
> In our opinion the relevant principle is that:
>
> (i) If the user or administrator who is in charge of the Debian
> installation would have to adopt non-free software X to make
> sensible use of free software Y, then Y goes in contrib.
Existing policy says something similar for free software X which
has not been packaged in main, for whatever reason.
For example, some people might think that early versions of
PINE are free, but Debian has declined to package them.
Despite the text of the license, there is a threat of harassment
by the University of Washington, and I think we have a fairly
strong consensus that supporting PINE just isn't worth the
bother.
We can have other reasons for not including free software in
Main. I believe packages belong in Contrib if they rely on the
installation of software we're not likely to package.
Other than this one issue, I agree with the points you've
expressed in your draft.
Thanks,
--
Raul
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