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Re: Why non-free packages are not in *.iso



on Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 07:14:08PM +0200, belahcene (belahcene@iap-cu.dz) wrote:
> Hi,
> I got all the iso  sarge cd, no one contains the non-free directory? So 
> to install latex2html-2002, i have to download it from the site, why it 
> is not in the iso cd,
> since it is in the /packages.debian.org/testing/tex/latex2html  ?

Non-free is just that:  non-free (speech, not beer).  That is:  software
that isn't licensed under a DFSG (Debian free software guidelines)
license isn't included on the install disks.

    http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#nonfree


Peace.

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