Re: "remove this package from another developer" (was: Bug#251983: Please remove libcwd from main; it is licensed under the QPL, which is non-free.)
* Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> [2004-07-14 02:55]:
> Okay, fair enough. Archive administration is done by those who roll up
> their sleeves and do it -- the people on other end of
> <ftpmaster@debian.org>.
>
> By the same token, public DFSG-based analysis of licenses and how they are
> applied to the works we ship is done by those who roll up their sleeves and
> do it -- the debian-legal mailing list.
>
> I fail to see why debian-legal's "undelegated" status is at all relevant
> given our current leadership philsophy.
The difference is that ftpmaster actually has authority over the
archive (including licensing issues) whereas -legal doesn't and
therefore can only play an advisory role.
--
Martin Michlmayr
leader@debian.org
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