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software depending on non-US (was: Re: Hey! Why does everybody love flaming so much? [was: `pure'])



Package: debian-policy

On May 06, Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> wrote:
 
 >No.  Contrib gets two types of packages:  Those packages that require
 >linking with non-free software and those packages that cannot be built
 >from the source package without installing non-free software.  In theory
It also gets 100% free software depending on 100% free software but that
happens to be distributed in non-US because of the moronic laws of your
country.
I had to upload c-nocem to contrib and I HATE that.

I'm opening a bug against the policy and I propose that those words in
2.1.3:

"non-free", or "non-US"

be replaced by the words:

or "non-free"


-- 
ciao,
Marco


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