On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:54:30PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:01:28PM -0500, David Turner wrote: > > >> Licensing aside, why would (and should) Debian distribute famous novels? > > >> An installer for famous novels (c.f. gutenbook), sure, but why the > > >> novels themselves? > > > Because people might want them. Because apt-get install > > > alice-in-wonderland would be cool. Better: why not? > > Because it's out of scope of Debian's charter. > There's nothing wrong with distributing non-software in Debian, as > long as it's still DFSG free. One important reason for having that > rule for non-software too is so that our users can completely > understand a basic minimal set of freedoms without having to look at > the details of each separate item. I agree that the DFSG should also be applied to non-software. However, I also think that Debian's infrastructure shouldn't be burdened with lots of data whose principal applications have nothing to do with software. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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