Hello, On Mon, Aug 07 2017, Dr. Bas Wijnen wrote: >> Example: [s3cmd] > > How is this not in contrib? This software is useless without the > non-free service (which is also software, and it is not in main) from > Amazon. Using the service doesn't involve running any non-free code *on your computer*. So it's free software. > To be clear: the sort of software (of this type) I expect in main is > like mumble: it connects to a server, and you can connect to a > commercially hosted server if you want to, but you can also run your > own server, because it's free software. If the mumble server would > not be free, and the only way to use the client was to connect to a > commercial server, mumble should not be in main. I see what you are getting at, but I don't think there is any kind of consensus in Debian or beyond that this is a requirement for software to be free. Perhaps you have a particular clause of the DFSG in mind? -- Sean Whitton
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