On Sat, May 07, 2016 at 09:45:43PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Justin B Rye <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: > > > Holger Wansing wrote: > > >> <p>Some packages are only distributed as source code due to the > > >> restrictions > > >> in their licenses. Notably, one such package is <tt>pine</tt>, see > > >> <ref id="pine"> for more information. > > >> > > >> So if we remove pine from the doc, we need another example for such > > >> nonfree software, which is only allowed to be distributed as source code. > > >> Is anyone aware of such software? > > > > > > publicfile. There is https://packages.debian.org/publicfile-installer . > > > > Except that publicfile isn't an example "only distributed as source > > code". Debian doesn't distribute even that much - instead the > > installer package *fetches* that code from upstream. > > Hmm, if there are only few of such packages, that topic is probably not > worth a frequently asked question (FAQ)? > So skip the whole sentence?
Isn't one of those packages nvidia's own drivers? That is, at least, an important one, and may be worth a mention. -- hendrik > > > > Holger > > > > > > > Probably there are more examples. > > > > Do things like nvidia-kernel-dkms count? > > > > -- > ============================================================ > Created with Sylpheed 3.5.0 under > D E B I A N L I N U X 8 . 0 " J E S S I E " . > > Registered Linux User #311290 - https://linuxcounter.net/ > ============================================================ >
