On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 02:06:27PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > Here's my reasoning: > > Nonfree stuff isn't part of Debian(tm), and never can be. The > current scheme allows _only_ Debian developers to create packages for > non-free, which lends an aura of officialness. Take non-free completely The non-free packages *are* packaged to Debian's high standard and *are* managable through the BTS. This is also good for Debian as it tries to fulfill it's promise to support users who choose to use non-free software. An area that stores OTHER deb uploads that don't meet Debian's policy is not a bad idea... doing away with any are for non-free debs that are packaged from WITHIN the project is not a good thing, I think. > The stuff in contrib, IMO, belongs in Main. The GPL says nothing GPL might not.. but the GPL isn't our litmus test. It's the DFSG. -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * -------------------- * -----------------------------------------------* * Debian Developer, Debian Project Secretary, Debian Webmaster * * <gecko@debian.org> <secretary@debian.org> <lintian-maint@debian.org> * * <webmaster@debian.org> <gecko@fortunet.com> <webmaster@spi-inc.org> * =========================================================================
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