on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 04:52:51PM -0500, Chris Gray (cgray@nowonder.com) wrote: > >>>>> "Carel" == Carel Fellinger <cfelling@iae.nl> writes: > > Carel> unzip is not truly free, so it ain't part of Debian pure. > Carel> Try adding non-free to your default deb line in your > Carel> /etc/apt/sources.list: > > This is strange to me. I've seen the unzip licence, and it looks like > one of the most free out there. Could someone explain why it's in > non-free? > > (Actually there's one in non-US, which I can understand because of the > encryption, and one in non-free which I can't understand). Which specific copyright? /usr/doc/unzip-crypt/copyright stipulates several restrictions on use in commercial software or software sold for a profit. This would tend to run against the directives of the DFS guidelines. Ergo: non-free. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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