Re: pine (was: Re: debian-faq: patch5 to remove some outdated content)
Hi,
Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> Couldn't we go back to something closer to what's currently there?
> Instead of one paragraphs about Pine and then another about
> contrib/non-free (which seems like the wrong order anyway), we could
> have one that says:
That was exactly what I had in mind when proposing my last patch, yes.
> 6.9 Where is the source code?
>
> [...]
>
> Due to restrictions in their licenses, source code may or may not
> be available for packages in the "contrib" and "non-free" areas,
> which are not formally part of the Debian system. In some cases
> only sourceless "binary blobs" can be distributed (see for instance
> firmware-misc-nonfree); in others cases the license prohibits the
> distribution of prebuilt binaries, but does allow packages of
> source code which users can compile locally (see broadcom-sta-dkms).
I would be fine with this
(but setting the package names 'firmware-misc-nonfree' and 'broadcom-sta-dkms'
within <tt>...</tt>, as it consistent in this doc).
Other comments?
Holger
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