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Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?



On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 09:58:59AM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> 
> Point is we should not let one stupid government decide what is free and
> what is not on a global scale.

I think most people are confusing 'free' and 'freely distributable', gpg
is not freely distributable for whatever reason, that's a fact. Which
means for a readily available AND freely ditributable distribution, non-US
cannot be put into main, and main packages can't depend on it.

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