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Re: [Fwd: C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.11 ready for testing]



aa126@fan.nb.ca said:

> Is Debian going to include Kermit in its next iteration, or is it too late
> to include now?  Notice Frank de Cruz' recent comment on licensing...

It's still not DFSG compliant:

According to the license:

  The source code may not be changed beyond any patches required for
  successful building and operation on the target platform.

While this might make it palatable to something like RedHat, it doesn't 
make it Free (speech).

rgds-- TA  (tallard@frb.gov)
I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, it doesn't speak for me.




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