On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:48:39PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:57:25PM -0500, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: > > If user confusion is the issue, why not just rename all non-free > > packages to packagename-nf or packagename-nonfree or something of the > > like? > > > > Just a thought...don't toast me to hot with your flame throwers > > please... > > The asserted confusion isn't that people don't understand the licensing > (though likely many of them don't), but that people don't really know > what is part of the Debian system, and what isn't.
Then perhaps we could just s/(non-free|contrib)/non-debian/. It might be helpful to add a one-line note in the package descriptions as to why things get put in non-us/non-free/contrib, ie uses patented algorithm/violates DFSG clause 3/requires non-DFSG-free component. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."
