Re: ndiswrapper should be in contrib
Rene Engelhard writes:
> Package: ndiswrapper
> Severity: serious
> Tags: sarge, sid
>
> Hi,
>
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 04:58:56PM -0500, William Ballard wrote:
> > > Apparently the dickhead maintainer of ndiswrapper-source has just gone
> > > into his shell and refuses to discuss this problem.
> >
> > Btw, could anyone explain why ndiswrapper is in main? It's only use
> > is to run propritary windows drivers inside the linux kernel, so it's
> > a clear fit for contrib.
>
> ACK.
To play devil's advocate: Why is wine in main? Its only use is to run
proprietary windows programs inside the WINE environment, so it's a
clear fit for contrib.
The main page of the NdisWrapper project has a link to a GPLed NDIS
driver, so it seems like the main reason to remove ndiswrapper from
Debian is spite.
Michael Poole
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