Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?
***** JT => James Troup
JT> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
>> Rubbish. Just move master to a free country. I am sure we can
>> achieve that, eventually.
JT> ``Just''?! And why? For a smattering of crypto packages, many,
JT> if not most, of which are not even DFSG free/main material?
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Let you be guided by the needs of your users, which need to use non-US
software and at the same time need to be able to easily tell if it's
free or not. Let you provide an integrated system of
high-quality---today it could hardly be that way without crypto
software, 100% free software, with non legal restrictions that would
prevent these kinds of use.
Are your Priorities Your Users and Free Software?
I think our main goal is Free Software.
Regards,
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