On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 11:24:52PM -0700, Richard Stallman wrote: > infolved did bring up my original objection---that removing the suggests > will make it harder for people to find things like "gimp-nonfree" (which > is IMO badly named considering that the contents of the package are > completely free--unless you live in the drain-bamaged US where LZW is > patented and Unisys wants to make a fast buck off GIF files..) > > You are entirely right that programs prohibited by patents > in some countries should not be treated like programs > restricted by their authors. > > gimp-nonfree should be renamed and reclassified as a free non-us > package. >
I think such a change in classification would require a change in Debian policy. I, for one, endorse such a change. However, I can't speak for all of Debian. -- Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
