Re: Best practices for downloader packages
Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 01:29:12PM +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
>> >> * Since the download code if DFSG-Free, the downloader goes to
>> >> contrib, independently of the copyright of the data, right?
>> >
>> > Right.
>>
>> .... which is a bit pity, since the package *is* actually DFSG-free,
>> including the downloaded data. The reason that they are not in the
>> Debian archive is just a technical, not a license one: The source data
>> size is about 8 GB, and the binary packages are from 160 MB to ~13 GB.
>
> As, unlike most downloaders, it doesn't deal with non-free data, I don't get
> why it would be unacceptable for main. It's strictly better than clients
> for various proprietary services, which sit in main.
After lunch, someone pointed out that the policy only requires that
packages that download *software* need to go to contrib. Since my one
would download *data* only, it would be probably suitable for main.
Best regards
Ole
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