On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 10:57:42PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 08:14:36PM -0600, john@dhh.gt.org wrote: > > Ben Collins writes: > > > Then we can't do it since they will be repackaged into a .deb. Even if > > > the .deb contains the .exe/.zip it will still be distributed in a deb > > > package. > > > > So what? Sticking the whole thing inside a .deb isn't modifying it. > > <quote> > We have to redistribute the archives unmodified and in their original > format. This is a problem with the win32 fonts, since they're > </quote> > > Putting it into a .deb isn't the original archive nor is it the original > format (of the archive). Although the original format is contained, the > actual downloadable/distributed archive wont be. > > -- > ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- > Ben Collins <b.m.collins@larc.nasa.gov> Debian GNU/Linux > UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. bcollins@debian.org > ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation > I can just see the reaction now... "What? We have MS sh*t in Debian?" Also, would be interesting to see them try to nail us for violating the EULA. The DOJ would love that, attacking Debian/Linux. :) -- __ _ Erick Kinnee | -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ Burleson, TX | /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:cerb@debian.org | _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer | http://www.debian.org "I picked up a Magic 8-Ball the other day and it said 'Outlook not so good'. I said 'Sure, but Microsoft still ships it.'"
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