Re: A sensible plan for non-free
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:45:09PM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote:
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> Therefore, I propose the following:
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> Non-free and contrib should stay exactly where they are. They should be in the
> current bug system and in every way, from a development point of view, they
> should be dealt with in the way that we currently deal with them.
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> The change I suggest is that the non-free and contrib sections be protected by
> certificate authentication. Certificates will be distributed to 3rd parties
> who sign up as an official 3rd party distributor of the non-free and contrib
> sections. All developers will also be issued a certificate for development
> purposes. Beyond these groups no end user will be able to download non-free
> or contrib software from a Debian controlled server.
This sounds like a reasonable suggestion.
But let me see if I can paraphrase this: the non-free continues to be
archived on Debian servers but only DDs and authorized 3rd parties
will be able to access the non-free portion of the archve.
If this is so, how do you believe a non-DD access non-free over the
Internet?
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