Re: Bug#24011: x11ampg: x11amp is not DFSG-free, and should not be in contrib.
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Joey Hess wrote:
-> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
-> > If the source code is not available, then we can not release
-> > it at all. Like netscape, we may create an installer package. It
-> > certainly is not free software.
->
-> Er, no. If distribution of the binaries is allowed, we can package them in
-> non-free.
about the distribution of the binaries.. i agree..
-> > If the sources are not available, this package should be
-> > removed from the archive.
->
-> No, it belongs in non-free.
non-free was created to support some programs that were commercial...
as far as i know, there is NO LEGAL PROBLEM to distribute x11amp, and the
lack of sources drops it just to contrib...
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