Re: A new Debian user's initial questions
On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 09:57:42PM -0500, Chris Mayes wrote:
> I understand that Debian strictly
> adheres to the GPL,
No. Debian adheres strictly to the Debian Free Software Guidelines
(DFSG) [1], which allow other things than GPL, too. For example, X is
not GPL but it is DFSG-free, so we include it. The DFSG is the basis
of the Open Source definition and roughly equivalent with it.
> so I was wondering about the exclusion of the U. of Washington stuff
> (pine, pico, etc).
They are available in the non-free section. They fail the DFSG,
because they don't allow modified binaries (IIRC).
Antti-Juhani
[1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract
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