Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software
On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 07:57:10AM +0200, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote:
>
> another way to answer the question is to find some software similar to the one
> that you want to package and see if that software is in Debian main or in
> contrib. If it is in main, then at least one DD and FTP master already agreed
> that packages of that nature are fit for main.
>...
Long-established precedent is that even when the sole purpose of
a package is to interact with a proprietary remote service from
Facebook/Google/Microsoft/... the package can go into main.
The border used to be that it was not permitted when downloading and
executing code locally was required for using a package in main.
But there is precedent for packages whose sole purpose is to open
a browser window or widget with some remote URL in main.
Therefore downloading proprietary JavaScript code and binary-only
WebAssembly and executing them locally are also covered by precedent.
> Thanks!
>
> cheers, josch
cu
Adrian
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