Re: PINE Debian Package
No, I think someone is taking the politics of free software to an extreme.
It looks like someone in Debian decided that their patches to configure it
resulted in a "derivative work" and since pine does not allow derivative
works to be called pine, it looks like it got yanked.
This appears a play on words to me and I am guessing that it was pulled as
the result of some "genius" in Debian's interpretation and not from any
complaints from the people that produce pine. Last time I read the
license it specificly mentioned that configuration issues were ok. They
didnt want you changing the source code except where needed to get it to
compile and configure on your system.
Mutt is, at best, a very weak replacement for Pine. As for text email
clients, Pine has no equal and is "free enough" for most uses. If Debian
is going to start producing a crappy distribution just because it is free,
I will pay for one that is not.
I do not use Debian because it is free, I use Debian because it has been
good. If emphasis is going to be on free rather than good, you are making
a mistake.
I have needed to get that off my chest ever since I noticed pine missing.
Pine is not an optional compinent for me, it is MANDITORY. There is
nothing in the distribution that comes close to replacing it.
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, robert havoc pennington wrote:
>
> There should be one in non-free (or maybe contrib?) - anyway, it's there
> somewhere on the ftp server, I have it installed.
>
> Havoc Pennington
>
> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Kenneth F. Ryder III wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a debian package of PINE, does any one know where I can
> > get one?
> >
> > thanks
> > Ken
> >
>
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