This one time, at band camp, Sven Luther said: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:42:41AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > > 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. > > But, if you do that in base-files, then suddenly half our packages become > non-distributable, because we lose alll right to distribute them. I thought the absolute path in the above made it clear I was talking about an end user doing it on their own system, not the base-files maintainer doing it to the package. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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