Re: "non-free" installer packages in our supposedly Free sections.
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Tore Anderson wrote:
> * Ola Lundqvist
> > Contrib is a perfectly ok place for installers.
>
> I disagree. If I have contrib in my sources.list file, and try
> to install a package from there, I expect only Free software to
> be installed on my system. That means I should get either:
Contrib requires non-free stuff to work. You have to manually verify
what that means in a per-package basis, just like in non-free you need
to manually verify whatever you get in a per-package basis.
You can dislike this however much you want, but there is nothing wrong with
the installers. If you want to change contrib's charter, you will need to
propose a GR.
> scripts, I get non-free software on my system from installing
> packages from the sections that should be DFSG-Free software
> only.
The installer is DFSG-compliant software. What it did is not. This is
allowed in contrib. If you would like to change things, please go ahead
and propose a GR.
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