Re: Keeping non-free separate
Hi,
>>"Bruce" == Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> writes:
Bruce> Rather than put the non-free programs in the distribution, we
Bruce> should consider dropping the non-free directory
Bruce> _and_its_contents_ from Debian. We don't really need anything
Bruce> in there, and it would be nice to get closer to the free
Bruce> software ideal. We could allow someone else to distribute the
Bruce> non-free programs as an addition to Debian, instead of our
Bruce> distributing them as a non-free component of an otherwise free
Bruce> system.
It'll be difficult for me to upload any packages without pgp,
seeing that the new guidelines suggest signing the packages ;-)
manoj
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