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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Section: base Essential: yes Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> Depends: awk, base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4) Provides: base Replaces: base, miscutils Architecture: i386 Filename: pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_3.1.2_i386.deb Size: 34270 Installed-Size: 364 MD5sum: d676b8800f72baec7fde0cbbfcbe604a Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and others, and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I find this DEPENDS enough! Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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