On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 10:45:51AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 09:51:17AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > > Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but I think that, at least morally, it's > > allright to put Quake2 in main. > > Why not wait until there really is free data? Doesn't seem like > much of an inconvenience. > > If we assumed all non-free data or software could be replaced, > then we wouldn't need contrib at all - everything could go in > main.
Exactly. The GPL doesn't care that it could be used with a free alternative at some arbitrary point in the future, it cares that it can't be used with a free alternative NOW. If/when such an alternative becomes available, then the issue of putting it into main can be readdressed. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus
