Re: Non-Free Software
Hi,
>>"Peter" == Peter Prohaska <reax@polyx.muc.de> writes:
Peter> The idea of keeping up a list of files from non-free which can
Peter> be burnt on CD without hesitating would be a very good
Peter> thing. It might be just a directory with symlinks to packages
Peter> in non-free. So there would not be too much to change. Sure, it
Peter> is a lot of work, but if you want to make a debian archive out
Peter> of a program, you have to read the License anyway. So adding a
Peter> symlink should be an acceptable effort, not? If you want to
Peter> distribute debian, and have to go through every licence in
Peter> non-free... wouldn't you drop non-free?
I do not wish to discourage anyone from doing this, but please
bear in mind that anyone providing a list of ``OK'' packages
from non-free may be opeining themselves up to legal liability while
doing so.
I certainly would prefer the Debian project itself not pass
these judgements on non-free packages unless we had legal advice.
manoj
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