On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 07:34:48PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >It would seem that we should have a non-us section in each of main, > >contrib, and non-free, since many people would like to use non-US > >software, while still maintaining an entirely free system. And no, saying > >"look at /usr/doc/package/copyright" is not a clear enough answer. > > Having non-US inside main would be confusing, because it would > imply that such software is DFSG free, however, I don't think the > DFSG allows software that has export restrictions... > > Please correct me though if I am wrong... Consider yourself corrected. => non-us is currently an evil mess that Debian can do next to nothing about. To correct this, we are likely to be making use of a new machine shortly possibly in a new location. At that point non-us will be broken down into the same main/contrib/non-free we have now. (Anyone else get the idea this question should be a FAQ item or something?) -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! To boldly go where no bunch of geeks have gone before :) --Joel Klecker
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