Re: Non-free package documentation requirement
Branden Robinson writes ("Re: Non-free package documentation requirement"):
> Uh, can we have some exception classes to this?
>
> For instance, xtrs is in contrib because it requires the ROM images from
> some very old, long dead computers. Those images were copyrighted by
> Tandy/Radio Shack and/or Microsoft. Their current legal status may be
> difficult to determine, and should they happen to belong to the latter, you
> can guess how we'll get laughed at.
>
> I honestly feel my time is better spent working on X than doing a paper
> chase after 20-year old ROM images.
>
> If no exceptions can be made, would someone care to chase this down for me
> by proxy?
>
> Incidentally, xtrs's own copyright is BSD-ish. They don't get much more
> free than that.
This is already covered, because a free program can be in contrib.
For contrib packages my proposal says:
A package which is contrib must contain a file
/usr/doc/<package>/README.contrib-only which describes the reasons for
the package's placement in contrib.
This is easily satisfied.
Ian.
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