On Sunday, December 04, 2011 3:55ser PM, "Joey Hess" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps they should be moved to 'contrib' category, because they > > interface non-free web-services. Debian's 'main' repository seems not > > the right place for any such web APIs. > ... > > How far down this line until it belongs in contrib or non-free? > I don't know.
I'd say that any dependency on non-free remote service fails Debian's Desert Island Test [1] and as such, even if the remote access is free-of-charge and functional, the code using it should be limited to contrib. Software which has a configurable end-point and which access an implementation that is free software is free. Best, Clark [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DesertIslandTest -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
