Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Brian Thomas Sniffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > Huh? I have always understood that there were only two criteria for >> > going into non-free: > >> > 1. That the Debian mirror network can legally distribute the source >> > and binary packages. > >> I don't think it's just the registered mirrors that must be able to >> distribute. Rather, the whole mirror network, including the parts >> that are unambiguously Not Debian and not bound in any way to obey >> Debian's wishes, must be able to distribute. > > Yes. But there is no need for the package to be distributable in any > other context than a mirror of the Debian archive.
Sure there is -- in the context of a partial mirror, for example, or in the context of a mirror which also distributes other things. >> > Similarly the "specific to Debian" bit is for DFSG freedom and not >> > necessary for the non-free archive either. > >> It is because of the mirror network. > > No. But the mirror network isn't part of Debian. They won't have signed this. -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
