Re: non-free but distributable packages and kernel firmware
Henning Makholm wrote:
modified-noncommercial-redistribution
nonprofit-mod-dist
unmodified-noncommercial-redistribution
nonprofit-dist
unmodified-commercial-redistribution
free-dist
all-freedoms-in-the-gfdl
fsf-free
dfsg-freedom-of-all-runnable-programs
free-software-and-firmware
dfsg-freedom-of-all-main-cpu-runnable-programs
free-software
There's probably also the "free-use" and "nonprofit-use" properties --
can I use this package without having to worry about the license, can I
use it at home, or at work as well? Maybe:
free-use
free-dist
free-local-mod / free-dist-mod
nonprofit-use
nonprofit-dist
nonprofit-local-mod / nonprofit-dist-mod
fsf-free
osi-free
free-software / free-software-and-firmware
I wonder if it would be worth considering a "fsf-free" component that
offers a Packages file listing packages from non-free with the fsf-free
tag. Something like that might be non-disruptive and make it simpler for
the installer and users to deal with some of the more important
alternative stances on freedom to the DFSG.
That is, list reasons why somebody might want to *accept* the package
on his machine (or his redistribution) rather than list reasons why
somebody might wanto to *exclude* it.
That's kinda kludgy for the "free-software / free-software-and-firmware"
tags, afaics. Good for the others though, IMO. "free-dist" and
"nonprofit-dist" are what CD distributors care about;
free/nonprofit-{use,local-mod} is what users of non-free probably care
about. Especially as we diverge from the FSF/OSI on things like the GFDL
or the Affero license, and others, the fsf/osi-free tags would probably
be useful for a variety of people too.
Cheers,
aj
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