Re: General Resolution: Removing non-free
On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:01:27AM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote:
> Adam McKenna <adam-debian@flounder.net> writes:
>
> > I haven't used postfix, but I feel obligated to point out (yet again) that
> > the only reason qmail isn't in main is because the author does not allow
> > modified binaries to be distributed,
>
> Just like a lot other non-free stuf. It is minor details that makes
> them non-free. If a license forbids commercial distribution of a
> program it is non-free, it is also that kind of packages this
> resolution will hurt not the big bad commercial "you can try a demo out
> but you have to pay tommorow" kind of programs.
This is exactly my point, and exactly the reason I don't want to see non-free
removed.
--Adam
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