On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 12:00:14AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 11:17:46AM -0300, Fabricio Cannini wrote: > > --- Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> > > escreveu: > > > Am 2004-12-07 10:39:42, schrieb Fabricio Cannini: > > > > > Me wonders if simply NOT installing hot-babe > > > > wouldn't fix this. > > > > IMO Seems to be the easiest solution. > > > > In theory ! In many countries it is illegal > > > to have some stuff on CD or other Media. > > > > > Don't put it on the CD!! > > > > And WHO stores the CD-Images ? > > > Servers located on coutries that do not have such > > prohibitions would store these packages. > > I'm talking about NOT putting such packages > > in the official medias (CDs, .iso, etc). > > I don't think this is a very useful compromise. If a package is going to be > included in the Debian archive, it should also be included in the official > Debian CD sets. I think it's a good idea to provide enough metadata in the > archive to let people build localized CD sets that are legal in their > jurisdiction, but I don't think we should be excluding any Debian packages > from official CD sets -- if there are reasons that we can't distribute a > package in main as part of our CD images, we shouldn't be distributing it > from the mirrors either. > What about non-US? If some packages can be distributed from only some mirrors outside US, why shouldn't some packages be distributed only from some countries where they are legal to be distributed? Or are there only two countries for Debian? US (main) and non-US? Regards, Thadeu Cascardo. > ObRC: #245810 > > -- > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer
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