Re: Comments on Debian packages and installation

[David Frey <david@eos.lugs.ch>]

On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 06:48:02PM -0500, Zephaniah E, Hull wrote:
>(Note that I set the Reply-To header to -devel, as it seems to be agreed
>that this is not a -private issue)
>
>On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 10:30:08PM +0100, David Frey wrote:
><snip>
>> I disagree. Just because a government made silly rules about the 
>> use of some software it is not generally non-DFSG.
>
>Agreed..
>> 
>> I suggest to sort out the packages in non-US into the proper categories:
>> 
>> non-US/main	# DFSG-free, non-importable-for-US packages,
>> non-US/contrib  # DFSG-free, but dependant on non-US/non-free,
>> non-US/non-free # non-DFSG-free, import-restricted.
>
>Errrrrm, I assume you mean
>
>non-US/main	# DFSG-free, non-exportable-for-US packages,
>non-US/contrib  # DFSG-free, but dependent on non-US/non-free,
>non-US/non-free # non-DFSG-free, export-restricted.
>
>???

Ups. Mostly, yes. There may be patent-restricted packages though (RSA
comes to mind...), which couldn't be imported into US.

David