Re: non-free web-page compiling?

[Hartmut Koptein <koptein@et-inf.fho-emden.de>]

> > Is it possible not to use GD.pm from the libgd-perl package or that
> > the maintainer switch to GPL?
> 
> I thought that GD was non-free simply for what it does (draw gifs - it
> uses the patented compression).
> 
> Since the web pages don't actually *use* GD, I don't see this as a
> problem.  (Sure, it's a little irritating to have to install a non-free
> package, but you're not actually using it, I don't think).

ehmm, yes, that is a definition which i can live with it. (the damn gif
copyright). If we didn't use it, we can replace the GD.pm with a 
dummy GD.pm (zero file). 

Thanks,

     Hartmut