Re: Non-Free Software
finn@midco.net wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote:
>
> [snip ... and btw, your lines are exceptionally long. ]
sorry...here at work im stuck in win95...netscape doesn't have much for
helping you keep lines under 80 chars
(but I try)
> : I would like to see non-free debian packages on CDs...
> : it would make my life and the lives of many people easier...
> Of course it would.
as the center of my own universe I think thats reason enough(now if in
boston they would only get rid of the harvard,
central, and kendal train stations I coul dget to work faster...)
> : for CDROM vendors to include non-free debs....
> I think several people are missing the point. Debian has a policy - it
> is the DFSG. So, Debian's "Official" CD set does not include non-free
> (because that would be rather silly, wouldn't it?).
I can understand that
> Therefore, two immediate solutions come to mind. Someone can either
> dredge through the licenses and figure out what may be safely
> distributed out of non-free,
I am looking now at non-free....its just a big mess...I woul dlove to see it
organized somewhat...pu tmore into line with
what the debian dist looks like
even tho it is not part of debian...and it is "non-free"...
as for working out the licenses...
I like that idea of organizing thme a bit more by license...
some things...like "these are what can be put on a CDROM and sold and these
can't"
I would be willing to work on at least putting a list together if anyone
else is interested
in helping out...
In fact (more because I want to have them and need to fill space on my new
"personal CD" but I intend tot akea lookat the licences)
I am going to download all of non-free bins to take a look at
-Steve
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