Re: Bug#200411: www.debian.org: confusing description of non-US sections

[Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.cmu.edu>]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 03:01:17AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 09:59:34PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > Index: english/distrib/packages.wml
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/distrib/packages.wml,v
> > retrieving revision 1.51
> > diff -3 -c -p -u -r1.51 packages.wml
> > --- english/distrib/packages.wml	6 Feb 2003 18:12:17 -0000	1.51
> > +++ english/distrib/packages.wml	8 Jul 2003 04:52:18 -0000
> > @@ -26,10 +26,17 @@ restrictive license or legal issues. The
> >        <dd>Packages in this area do not necessarily cost money, but have some
> >        onerous license condition restricting use or redistribution of the
> >        software.</dd>
> > -    <dt><em>Non-US/Main</em> and <em>Non-US/Non-Free</em></dt>
> > -      <dd>These packages cannot be exported from the USA, they are mostly
> > -      encryption software packages, or software that is encumbered by
> > -      patent issues. Most of them are free, but some are non-free.</dd>
> > +    <dt><em>Non-US/Main</em></em></dt>
> > +      <dd>Packages in this area are free themselves but cannot be
> > +      stored on a server in the USA because they are encumbered by
> > +      patent issues.</dd>
> > +    <dt><em>Non-US/Non-Free</em></dt>
> > +      <dd>Packages in this area do not necessarily cost money, but
> > +      have some onerous license condition restricting use or
> > +      redistribution of the software.  They cannot be exported from
> > +      the USA because they are encryption software packages or they
> > +      cannot be stored on a server in the USA because are encumbered
> > +      by patent issues.</dd>
> >      </dl></blockquote>
> >  
> >  <p>Note that same packages might appear in several distributions, but with
> 
> Looks okay.  I suggest the following further changes:
> 
[snip]
> 
> s/encryption software packages/& that are not exempted from the export
> control procedure that is used for packages in Main/

I find this last change confusing.  If they are "not exempted"
from the export control procedure, it should apply to them.  How
about

 They cannot be exported from the U.S. because they are encryption
 software packages that are not covered by the export control
 procedure that is used for packages in Main...

instead?

Thanks for reviewing this.

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Matt Kraai          kraai@alumni.cmu.edu          Debian GNU/Linux