On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:40:48PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > The difference is that those tools provide a reasonable level of > functionality with free data. Weather information is in the public > domain because there's no originality to it. Most programs that display > lyrics or album covers are music players, and there is free music > (available in our archive, no less) that they can usefully play. so should amavis and spamassassin go to contrib because there aren't any documented DFSG-free virus and spam going through our mailservers? better yet, tell me which item in the DFSG says that a program can't be Free unless all the purpose or data handled by the software is also Free. hint: there isn't one. in fact, DFSG #6 (No discrimination against fields of endeavor) could even be applied to the exact opposite argument. ftp-master has the final say in what goes into the archive, but this really sounds like an over-zealous misinterpretation of the DFSG. i'd hope that this were a miscommunication and/or not the position of the entire team, because otherwise it would take a GR to overturn their position. sean
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