Re: Proposal: Keep non-free

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Martin Schulze (joey@infodrom.org) [040226 10:25]:
> > Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > * Martin Schulze (joey@infodrom.org) [040226 08:55]:
> > > > We cannot include it in Debian anyway, since it is non-free.  If Debian
> > > > stops distributing it but people will build ftp.non-free.org, what's
> > > > the different from the users' perspective?  A new apt-line.  Oh horror...
> 
> > > What do we gain from replacing non-free on Debian with
> > > ftp.non-free.org?
>  
> > ftp.non-free.org would not have to be maintained by Debian, contrary
> > to ftp.debian.org.
> 
> Is there someone to maintain ftp.non-free.org than, or is this just a
> theoretical case?

Since both nonfree.org and non-free.org are registred to Debian people
I'd assume they to be willing to maintain it as well.

Regards,

	Joey

PS: Wasn't this discussed one month ago already?

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct,
not tried it.  -- Donald E. Knuth