On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:01:17PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:57:12AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:45:30AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > Actually, we could simply make an exception for miboot and get it > > > > > into the > > > > > archive, i think it is no worse than other cases (like amiboot, which > > > > > is > > > > > linked to parts of amigaos, and thus non-free), and we do distribute > > > > > those (or > > > > > at least used to distribute those in the woody times). > > > > > > > > Amiboot is not linked to parts of AmigaOS. It is linked to libnix. > > > > > > which in turn is not in the archive, so amiboot can never be in anything > > > but > > > > It's statically linked (and libnix is public domain, according to Google > > :-). > > Still not in debian/main, so amiboot needs to go to contrib.
libnix is an AmigaOS library, and is available on aminet, which IIRC predates Debian by a couple of years. Do you want to ship all free software on aminet with Debian now, too? http://main.aminet.net/dev/gcc/libnixV1_1.readme Short: A static library for gcc (V1.1) Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Type: dev/gcc Architecture: m68k-amigaos This is a new release of libnix - a static (link) library for gcc. Changes from the last release include mostly bug fixes but also a few new functions. Sources included. As you see, this is a library for use with gcc, the AmigaOS version, which I assume is free also, after all it is GNU gcc. gcc, and crossgcc, are available on Aminet also. So where exactly does amiboot become non-free here? I wouldn't mind if 90% of the debian archive contained Amiga software, it has been a while that I received free Aminet CDs, but I guess some other arches might not like that waste of archive space. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
