On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:54:25PM +0000, Russ Allbery wrote: > Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@madism.org> writes: > > > Yes, I believe the DFSG are clumsy when it comes to its terms. Component > > is clear. Firmwares are part of Debian components for sure, there is > > absolutely no doubt about that. But I'm honnestly not sure what > > "programs" or "software" mean, and in §2 that's the terms in use, and > > that's the sole § causing issues with them. > > > > We have had quite a few rounds of GRs to say that documentations, > > images, documentation, fonts... are softwares, we could continue such > > rounds, or make the DFSG clearer. I would be more on the latter side. > > I think it's fairly clear that the project is split on this. I know, though we really cannot afford the big flames about firmwares on each release, we should try to find a sane compromise here, but I've no clue where to start in the first place. -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org
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