Re: Debian and GitLab Open Source Partnership
On Mon, 2021-07-26 at 12:43 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> Do you mind explaining your statement?
>
> As far as shipping non-free software/firmware/drivers are concerned,
> the Debian Free Software Guides and Social Contract is very explicit
> about what we can do in what we call Debian.
It is indeed very explicit about including non-free packages if
possible:
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| We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of the packages in
| these areas and determine if they can distribute the packages on
| their CDs.
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I believe the licenses of most firmware should pose no problem for
their inclusion on Debian's CD images.
Ansgar
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