Re: non-free software
On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, King Lee wrote:
> May I suggest that you might make a non-free_1 and
> non-free_2 directory. The non-free_1 directory would
> contain software for which there is no possible legal
> liability for the cdrom vendor and cdrom vendors would
> be encouraged to include. The directory non-free_2
> would contain packages with more restrictive licenses.B
Everything that is in non-free is there because it has a problematic
license. Some stuff prohibits charging for distribution, some only a
"reasonably copying fee". It's too much effort for someone to look
through to decide on.
> Some of stuff in non-free is, in my opinion, rather basic and
> cdrom vendors should be encouraged to include it. Especially
> since other vendors include it with their distribution.
Are you volunteering to read all the licenses carefully? I considered
that once, but gave up after realizing how poorly a lot of the non-free
licences were constructed.
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