Bug#154312: Is mldonkey DFSG-Free ?

[Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:46:53PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 22:49, Robert Millan wrote:
> 
> > In respect to this RFP, does anyone care if i close it?
> 
> As mldonkey can still be uploaded to the non-free section if someone
> wants to package it, or to main if the edonkey code is removed, I don't
> see any reason to close it.

See:

http://mail.freesoftware.fsf.org/pipermail/mldonkey-users/2002-July/000097.html

For one side, it is clear that the non-free code will never be removed.

On the other, I don't see why do we want in Debian a network that is
insecure by dessign in such a way that upstream keeps non-free source to
keep it (temporarily) secure. this is really low quality software.

so why does this RFP make sense for you? please just close it and look
for a better p2p network (like freenet or gnunet)

-- 
Robert Millan

"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"

              Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992