Re: WineX is non-distributeable, thus not even non-free

To: Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org>
Cc: Gavriel State <gav@transgaming.com>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: WineX is non-distributeable, thus not even non-free
From: tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Date: 25 May 2002 10:46:50 -0700
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References: <[🔎] 3CEF0170.2020809@transgaming.com> <[🔎] 20020525110559.GC15448@bombadil.xmldesign.de>

Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org> writes:

> Non-Free means "you should check the docs before using", not "before
> mirroring".

This is not true.  non-free has always been "what Debian can
distribute legally".  We make no promises about whether other people
can.  There are all kinds of things in non-free that prohibit
commercial distribution, for example.

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