[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

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

-- 
"Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."        Debian GNU/Linux        finger brinkmd@ 
Marcus Brinkmann                   http://www.debian.org    master.debian.org
Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de                        for public  PGP Key
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/       PGP Key ID 36E7CD09


Reply to: