* Evan Prodromou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040708 17:34]: > It seems that that's not the case. We actually don't allow packages into > main if there's not publicly-available, DFSG-free data for them to work > with. Like, we wouldn't let a new word-processor into main without at > least one Free document in the word processor's format, and we wouldn't > let a new programming-language interpreter into main without at least > one Free script that uses the language.
If it is a word processor that cannot create new documents, or a interpreter you are not able to create a script for, there might be any similarity. > [...] I find it weird. Just try to think a bit more in concepts than in formalities. When something is needed to use something a reasonable way, then it is a dependency. It's also not a concept limited to emulators, as e.g. ispell depends on a ispell-dictionary. Hochachtungsvoll, Bernhard R. Link -- Sendmail is like emacs: A nice operating system, but missing an editor and a MTA.
