Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > > > > Is there any way for xmedcon to become official without taking those parts > > > mentioned above out of the source code (which neither the upstream author > > > nor > > > me would find very attractive). > > > > Nope. We cannot distribute software that doesn't have a proper license (the > > Siemens stuff) or is affected by patents (the lzw stuff). > > Note that the source is distributed along with the binaries (as required > > by GPL et al), so disabling the patented/non-free stuff without removing > > it altogether, won't help you at all. > Could you please enlighten us how it is handled in packages like > > gimp1.2-nonfree - GIF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program > > or similiar? Any references to apply this principle?
That would be a bug. That package should be removed. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
