Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 01:04:26PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 09:58:59AM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> >
> > Point is we should not let one stupid government decide what is free and
> > what is not on a global scale.
>
> I think most people are confusing 'free' and 'freely distributable', gpg
> is not freely distributable for whatever reason, that's a fact. Which
> means for a readily available AND freely ditributable distribution, non-US
> cannot be put into main, and main packages can't depend on it.
This is utterly rubbish. In the sense of your words, nothing is freely
distributable. Wanna a proof? Nobody is allowed to go under my table (not
even me). So you can't place a Debian distribution under my table.
What a silly thread.
Marcus
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