On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 01:04:10PM +0100, J?r?me Marant wrote: > I propose that we do not sponsor people for non-free packages. > People that we want to join us and seeking sponsors for > non-free package are showing that they do not understand > our philosophy and dedication to Free Software.
One of my initial packages was non-free (still is, although I hold out hope for a licence change at some point). I suggest that a better policy is closer to this: New maintainers applying as packagers should contribute something to main as part of their tasks and skills check. This could either be new packages or adopting existing ones. They may submit work they've done in contrib or non-free, which may help the AM judge their packaging abilities, but this work should not be considered sufficient to pass the check. I wouldn't have objected to this when I was applying - I had packages in main too. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
