Re: Why doesn't debian remove the proprietary software from it's servers?

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>]

My list is rather ironic, no?


$ aptitude search '~s"non-free|contrib"~i!~M'
i   bluez-firmware                                  - Firmware for
Bluetooth devices                            
i   emacs23-common-non-dfsg                         - GNU Emacs shared,
architecture independent, non-DFSG items
i   flashplugin-nonfree                             - Adobe Flash Player
- browser plugin                       
i   sun-java6-bin                                   - Sun Java(TM)
Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture dep
i   sun-java6-jre                                   - Sun Java(TM)
Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture ind
i   sun-java6-plugin                                - The Java(TM)
Plug-in, Java SE 6                           
i   unrar                                           - Unarchiver for
.rar files (non-free version)              
i   w32codecs                                       - win32 binary
codecs                                       


I probably don't need the ww32codecs and the bluez-firmware.  The
emacs23-common-non-dfsg is rather ironic.  Even FSF distributed code
isn't always DSFG free.  Perhaps the FSF ought to be sure their packages
meet the DFSG before throwing stones.  That said, I have a basic
understanding of the difference and each project's stand on the matter.

- Nate >>

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