Per notable examples, I would also mention the broadcom-sta driver (non-free, but available as source code, pulled from upstream [Broadcom]) and the Adobe Flash plugin (non-free and only available as binary 'blob', pulled from upstream [Adobe]).
Broadcom wireless adapters are popular and Flash is still being used in combination with Firefox/Iceweasel. Would those be OK? ~Andy Mender On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Holger Wansing <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- > ============================================================ > 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/ > ============================================================ > >
