On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 11:30:23AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 6:11 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > What is the big (legal) difference between distributing something > > from the Debian group on the Debian machine salsa.debian.org, and > > distributing the same from a different Debian machine? > > The big difference appears to be the Social Contract (and DFSG), which > we generally don't seem to apply to alioth/salsa, especially because > they often contain full upstream development history, which might or > might not contain non-free material.
No, this is not about the Social Contract, the DFSG, or any other policies how we choose to divide our archive. After a non-free package passes NEW it will be distributed by Debian machines and Debian mirrors, just as we have pledged in the Social Contract. Non-free material is not a problem here. Non-distributable material is what we are talking about. > bye, > pabs cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed