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Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue



This one time, at band camp, Michelle Konzack said:
> Am 2007-04-23 19:42:02, schrieb Charles Plessy:
> > Le Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:25:31PM +0200, Josip Rodin a écrit :
> > > 'We promise that the Debian system and all its components will be free
> > > according to these guidelines.'.
> > 
> > Dear Josip,
> > 
> > are you really sure that the licences are "components of the Debian
> > system"? If one removes them, the system, on a functionnal point of
> > view, still works as before... Nothing "Depends:" on the licences.
> 
> ----[ command 'apt-cache show base-files' ]----------------------------
> Package: base-files
> Version: 3.1.2
> Priority: required
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> I find this DEPENDS enough!

Try rm -rf /usr/share/common-licenses/ .  Does your system break?  No?
Then you have willfully misunderstood Josip's point.
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