On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 11:59:54AM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote: > There was a reason I added that bit, but I can't remember what it was. :) > > Looking through the packages in contrib, the only thing that resembles > a dependence on non-free hardware is the emulators, which need ROM images. > Since the images can be considered software with a non-free license > and many people find the phrase confusing, I have removed it. > > If there are no objections, I'll close the bug in a few days.
I remember when this came up. I think it had something to do with another foolish American piece of legislation. Vaguely recall some hardware license where you could only use their drivers or something. I don't think it really matters, most of this sort of hardware sucks anyway. Ever seen what winmodems do to a PC's performance, heh! - Craig -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.eye-net.com.au/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIEEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
