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Re: Corel's apt frontend



On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 11:40:16PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> I really can't even see the point of forbidding non-free programs from
> calling dpkg... either (a) they'll reimplement dpkg as non-free
> software (reimplementing dpkg might be a good idea in and of itself,
> but a non-free dpkg is pretty worthless to everyone, and probably a
> source of confusion to boot) or (b) adopt another package manager.

Or (c) change the license on that program.

And, if someone wants to re-implement dpkg, more power to them.

Meanwhile, I think Ian has the right to talk to Corel about this issue.

-- 
Raul


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