Hi Bart, On 20-03-13 07:47, Bart Martens wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:39:29PM +0100, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: >> Dear candidates, do you think that libechonest [3] should be called free >> software? As it requires software outside of the distribution to >> function, do you think it should be moved to contrib? What about >> s3cmd [4] then? >> [3] <http://packages.qa.debian.org/libe/libechonest.html> >> [4] <http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/s3cmd.html> > > Good question. See also for example bug 681659. I don't know why > pidgin-facebookchat would belong in section main while flashplugin-nonfree > would belong section contrib.
You can use flashplugin-nonfree to download a piece of software that has a nonfree license, which is then installed on your system; the result is that you now have a system which has some non-DFSG-free software installed. To be able to reach this situation on a system that only has "main" enabled would be utterly wrong. You can use pidgin-facebookchat to talk to a non-free service; but whatever you do, the result will *never* be that you end up with a system which has some non-DFSG-free software installed. As such, I don't think it's necessary that you not be able to reach this on a system that only has "main" enabled. -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
