Re: Clarifying METIS copyright
* Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> [011031 04:08]:
> > I am a contributor to Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) and I would like to
> > make packages for METIS, hMETIS and ParMETIS. It seems clear that a non-free
> > satisfactory for the package to be just distributable along with Debian. Since
> Eray, please be careful when representing Debian. A non-free program
> cannot be part of the Debian distribution, which is by definition
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Packages in the other sections are not considered to be part of the
Debian distribution, although we support their use and provide
infrastructure for them (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing
lists). This Debian Policy Manual applies to these packages as well.
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"distributable along with Debian" != "part of the Debian GNU/Linux
distribution"
Take a pill and stop beating this Dead Horse.
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Scott Dier <dieman@ringworld.org> <sdier@debian.org>
http://www.ringworld.org/ #linuxos@irc.openprojects.net
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