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Re: Bug#217838: ITP: vpnc -- Free Cisco compatible VPN client



Re: Joe Drew in <[🔎] 1067290550.8463.32.camel@pisces.woot.net>
> > > >   Description     : Free VPN client compatible with Cisco's EasyVPN
> > > 
> > > s/Free// - this is implied by its placement in Debian.
> > 
> > I see "beeing Free" as a feature in this case. The alternative is
> > Cisco's vpnclient which is not freely available, not binary compatible
> > to any other plattform than i386 (on Linux). Unfreenes makes people
> > extremely unhappy in this case.
> 
> Yes, but this is Debian, after all. It's not included in Debian unless
> it's Free.

I have to agree with Eduard here. Being free is what distinguishes vpnc
from Cisco's vpnclient. I could imagine that many people would use
"free" as search keyword when seeking non-Cisco alternatives.

Christoph
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Christoph Berg <cb@df7cb.de>, http://www.df7cb.de/
Wohnheim D, 2405, Universität des Saarlandes, 0681/9657944

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