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Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?



Davide G. M. Salvetti writes:
> non-US mixes free and not free packages, thus hides the real status of
> them; I don't know of others, but to me it's very important to know if a
> package is free or not, before installing it on my system.

I agree on this point.  non-us should distinguish free but
export-controlled packages like gnupg from non-free ones such as pgp.

> perfectly free packages like mailcrypt are not part of Debian, because
> other perfectly free packages like gnupg are not part of Debian; I find
> this unacceptable (even if I don't feel it urgent);

> Is it clear what is the problem I see?

Seems like you want to create Debian-non-us.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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