❦ 7 août 2017 18:12 GMT, "Dr. Bas Wijnen" :
>> We have all kind of software advertising non-free services. Search for
>> "Google" or "Amazon". The comparison is even unfair as the service
>> advertised here is available as free software (not the case for most
>> services from Amazon and Google
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:12 AM, Dr. Bas Wijnen wrote:
>> Example: [s3cmd]
>
> How is this not in contrib? This software is useless without the non-free
> service (which is also software, and it is not in main) from Amazon. Policy
> even mentions as an example for things in contrib: wrapper packa
On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 02:15:17PM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> ❦ 4 août 2017 20:03 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard :
> > No, at worst this is misuse of Debian ressources for commercial gain -
> > i.e. using long description field for advertising a non-free service.
>
> We have all kind of software
Quoting Paul Wise (2017-08-05 09:38:45)
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
> > Am I alone in finding it wrong to promote commercial services in long
> > descriptions of packages n Debian main?
>
> In general, I think we should avoid doing that.
>
> In this case, the adve
Hi,
> We have all kind of software advertising non-free services. Search for
> "Google" or "Amazon".
The important distinction here is not that that we mention services
that commercial (or even non-free), but rather between descriptive and
(quasi-) objective phrases such as:
Cert Spotter is
❦ 4 août 2017 20:03 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard :
> Am I alone in finding it wrong to promote commercial services in long
> descriptions of packages n Debian main?
I agree with Faidon on this one. Just saying that because the way you
ask the question is more likely to get the opposite answers.
>
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On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 09:38:45AM -0400, Paul Wise wrote:
> > No, at worst this is misuse of Debian resources for commercial gain -
> > i.e. using long description field for advertising a non-free service.
>
> I got the impression that Faidon is not
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Am I alone in finding it wrong to promote commercial services in long
> descriptions of packages n Debian main?
In general, I think we should avoid doing that.
In this case, the advertisement is also present on the upstream github
page, v
Dear fellow Debian developers,
Am I alone in finding it wrong to promote commercial services in long
descriptions of packages n Debian main?
Quoting Faidon Liambotis (2017-08-04 13:57:10)
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Long description includes a paragra
Quoting Faidon Liambotis (2017-08-04 13:57:10)
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> Long description includes a paragraph starting with the following:
>>
>>> Cert Spotter is also available as a hosted service by SSLMate that
>>> requires zero setup [...]
>>
>> Tha
On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Long description includes a paragraph starting with the following:
>
> > Cert Spotter is also available as a hosted service by SSLMate that
> > requires zero setup [...]
>
> That paragraph is irrelevant for this package - please
Package: certspotter
Version: 0.3-1
Severity: normal
Long description includes a paragraph starting with the following:
> Cert Spotter is also available as a hosted service by SSLMate that
> requires zero setup [...]
That paragraph is irrelevant for this package - please drop it.
- Jonas
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