On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 05:46:58PM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: [snip]
> So, is there any obvious reason why some proprietary software get a > "installer" package in contrib instead of a debian package in > non-free? For instance, why the non-free flashplayer does not get a > true debian package in non-free, to benefit truly of the debian tools. Yes, some (a lot of) non-free, but gratis, software do not allow redistribution, or imposes limits on the redistribution such that it cannot be packaged even for non-free. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/
