Re: Bug#244190: Please remove the non-free portions from mesademos
* Andreas Barth:
> * D. Starner (shalesller@writeme.com) [040710 22:25]:
>> > I don't consider the tone in this message [...] as appropriate.
>> [...]
>> > The ftp-masters normally remove
>> > packages only if the maintainer at least agrees on it.
>
>> For four months, Debian has known of blatant copyright infringement
>> in its archives. We have done nothing. How is that going to look in
>> court?
>
> Please re-read this message:
> | debian-legal has adjudged the QPL non-free, and the maintainer refuses
> | to move this package to non-free; therefore, I am requesting its
> | removal in an effort to lower the number of RC bugs. See the -legal
> | discussion [0].
>
> Where does it tell that we do copyright infringments? So, please don't
> exaggerate.
#244190 is about an image that probably is a copyright violation (no, not
the usual stuff, merely a surrogate 8-). It's not a main vs. non-free
issue at all, so David's criticism isn't entirely unjustified.
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