Quoting Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> shall i submit a feature-request to add debian-multimedia.org to the >> repositories on the build-machines? even the docs for building >> pd-extended on debian (http://puredata.info/docs/developer/Debian) >> suggest using this repository, so i wonder why it is not used. > > debian-multimedia.org is not an official repository, and has packages > that are not legal to use without a patent license (this is not only a > problem in the US, but mostly). Using all official Debian packages > means that it meets the DFSG, which is a very good thing, IMHO.
which is definitely a valid argument. nevertheless, why do the docs for building Debian then suggest to add repositories that have packages that are not legal - therefore talking naive users into potentially doing a crime? furthermore, the docs even explicitely tell users to install potentially patent-encumbered packages, while i was just asking for a totally legal package (libquicktime is in main debian anyhow; debian-multimedia provides a backport for etch) finally, i should probably submit a bugreport as to remove liblame0 and liblame-dev from the debian/stable machine, as this _is_ a potentially patent-encumbered package installed _from_ debian-multimedia.org :-) mfg.asr IOhannes ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
