(Not speaking on behalf of the Debian project) On Tue, Jan 30, 2007, Cognaxon wrote:
> we would like to donate our free small program called > "WSQ viewer" (for Linux) to be distributed with Debian > CD/DVD. The short description of the program is here > http://www.cognaxon.com/index.php?page=wsqview_forlinux As other people already replied, the Debian project is attached to freedoms such as free access to source code or permitted modification and redistribution. It is hard to trust a binary-only piece of software. The fact that you implement a specification from the FBI may reassure some, but scare others. What may your binary do if I run it on my computer? Sandbox testing reveals that WSQ viewer crashes if called with an argument other than a valid filename (even "WSQviewer.bin -h" crashes). I also crashes when opening corrupted files (http://zoy.org/~sam/wsqviewer-crash.wsq). The WSQ specification is not that complicated, I would expect a 20- million lines of code project to be slightly more robust. Regards, -- Sam. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
