Re: Contrib Copyright Review

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 10:34:41PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Most of the remainder had GPL licenses.  But I was shocked to find that
> > most had *only* GPL licenses.  If that was really the case, then these
> > should go in main.
> 
> No. There are several reasons why a GPL-ed package may not meet the criteria
> for main.

That probably means we're not allowed to distribute them at all.
That's what the GPL says.

> [kde*]
> > lyx_0.12.0.final-0.1.deb
> > ddd-dmotif_2.2.3-2.deb
> 
> Depends on a non-free library (-> cannot be built with packages in main).

Depends on a non-free library <-> cannot be distributed under the terms
of the GPL.

> > ddd-smotif_2.2.3-2.deb
> 
> Cannot be built with packages in main.

Requires non-free software <-> cannot be distributed under the terms
of the GPL.

> [gstep-*]
> 
> Needs a newer ghostscript than the free one in main. GS 4 has been freed,
> but that was too late to get it into main.

That's ok then.

-- 
Raul


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