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On 03/01/2008, Blindraven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was thinking the same. > Their excuse was a big fat cop-out. > > On Jan 3, 2008 11:57 AM, William Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > David Whyte wrote: > > > FYI below is Bigpond's response to not having a mirror of the > > > multiverse packages. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Whytey > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: David Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Jan 3, 2008 9:44 AM > > > Subject: [Ticket #63088] BigPond Download Problem > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > No, this is currently intentional, due to disk space and legal > > concerns. > > > We're still evaluating multiverse but currently have no plans to > > include > > > it. > > > [snip] > > > > Legal concerns? We don't accept non-redistributable content into > > multiverse. There are some things that might not be able to be sold, but > > as long as you're not selling it there are no legal issues with > > mirroring it. We have hundreds of mirrors - they don't have issues with > > it. > > > > Multiverse also isn't particularly large - less than 10% of the i386 > > archive size, and many of those packages are only i386 or architecture: > > all, so it will be an even smaller percentage of the full archive. > > > > -- > > William Grant > > Ubuntu Developer > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > > > -- > When one burns ones bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. > ╔═════════════════════════╗ > ║╔╗ ════╔╦╗║║╔╗ ══║║╔╗╠╗║╔╗ ║ > ║╠ ╔╗╔╗══║═╠╣╠╝ ══╠╣║║║╔╣╠╝ ║ > ║║ ╚╝║═══║═║║╚═ ══║║╚╝║╚╝╚═ ║ > ╚═════════════════════════╝ > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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