On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 11:16:10PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 08:44:53AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > The problem with miboot is that there are 200 or so m68k instructions > > > > in the > > > > boot sector, which have not been changed since over 10 years probably, > > > > and > > > > probably nobody at appple even remembers them, and thus we are not > > > > shipping > > > > miboot even in non-free, while at the same time distributing it from > > > > people.debian.org. > > > > FWIW, I think that asserting that "we" are distributing miboot from > > > people.debian.org is nothing more than an invitation for someone to ask > > > you > > > to remove the binaries. But is there actually any reason why miboot can't > > > be distributed in non-free? If there is, then that reason also applies to > > > The reason why miboot is not being distributed as part of non-free is > > because > > those few asm instructions, which are nothing more than rom mac function > > calls, have no explicit distribution rights attached, but as no doubt apple > > has tools in their os to create and distribute bootable floppies (well, back > > in the days when they had floppies), i really doubt this is a problem. > > And yet you won't upload the package to non-free, presumably because you > think it won't be accepted by the ftp-masters, but you will distribute it > from a project box (people.debian.org), which exposes Debian to the same > liability (if any)? That sounds terribly irresponsible to me. If you can't > come to an agreement with the ftp-masters that these files are > distributable, then you shouldn't be distributing them from p.d.o either.
So, you advice is to try to upload it ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
