Hi,
Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
That's mostly covered by the next sentence, I think:
<p>Source code may or may not be available for packages in the "contrib"
and "non-free" directories, which are not formally part of the Debian system.
We could enhance that a bit, maybe:
<p>Due to restrictions in their licenses
source code may or may not be available for packages in the "contrib"
and "non-free" directories, which are not formally part of the Debian system.
Notable examples for this are <tt>nvidia-*</tt> driver packages.
Does such text fit for the nvidia drivers packages?
Holger
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