Op maandag 05 december 2011 12:33:28 schreef Samuel Verschelde: > Le lundi 5 décembre 2011 12:21:42, Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > > Op maandag 05 december 2011 12:15:11 schreef zezinho: > > > Le lundi 5 décembre 2011 12:12:18, Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > > > > theorethically, people could make another data packages that is free? > > > > no? i mean, if the engine is free, it doesn't really make sense to > > > > make it nonfree... ? > > > > > > Yes, but to work for now, the engine package requires the non-free > > > source. If a user has disabled non-free, he will get an error. > > > > i don't know if this is a bad idea: iirc the error is something like: > > "can't find data package" or something... imho you can suggest it and put > > a README.urpmi saying you'll need nonfree data... > > > > but perhaps this is a discussion more suited in another place... > > It someone really wants the engine to build its own data (which I doubt), > they can still download from the upstream website, so for the vast > majority of users (if not 100%!) the engine will be of no use without the > data.
idea-ologically speaking i don't really agree, ( if it's free, it's free, not nonfree; even if it's able to use other nonfree parts), but practically, i can't say anything about this...
