On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 07:41:37PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > If the binary isn't up to date, it defeats the idea of providing it. And > > seeking out permission to distribute specific binaries is not what Debian > > is in the business of doing. Please, read > > http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html, specifically point 9 of the > > Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). The social contract is what > > Debian *IS*. If you don't like it, you know where to find RedHat. > > > Which probably should hold for everything in main but not non-free or > contrib. Those portions are specificly for software that does not meet > the DFSG.
I already told you that contrib software has to be 100% dfsg free it may only depend on non-free software, but it must not be non-free iteself. > > Anything in non-free is guaranteed to be non-DFSG compliant. > But at least distributable via ftp. > > > George Bonser > > If I had a catchy quip, it would be here. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
