Re: Bug#989645: /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig: dpkg: error processing package linux-image-powerpc (--configure):
On 6/10/21 7:12 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 9, 2021, at 9:42 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> On 6/10/21 12:14 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>> So the only remaining question is "why was hfsprogs not automatically install on a G5 PowerMac?"
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>> See: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2021/04/msg00129.html
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>> and: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2021/05/msg00012.html
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> Thanks. Now I understand the situation. I'll just add "install hfsprogs" to my list of things I have to do after installing on a PowerPC Mac.
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> Enjoy!
> Rick
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Some people find it to be important to install only free software.
If hfsprogs were truly non-free, then an alternative would need to be
found, since hfsprogs provides required functionality.
I read the above links, which lead to this analysis:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00573.html
Is it really correct that debian-legal has concluded that hfsprogs is
not DFSG-free? Or is the above analysis an opinion from someone who is
not a Debian lawyer?
In this case, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) disagrees, saying "The
Apple Public Source License (APSL) version 2.0 qualifies as a free
software license. Apple's lawyers worked with the FSF to produce a
license that would qualify."
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.en.html
I would generally accept FSF legal analyses and opinions over the legal
(or non-legal) analyses and opinions from anyone associated with any
specific GNU/Linux distribution.
-Stan
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