On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:33:31AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On 2/16/06, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 08:13:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > I think that it's safe to say that at the time the DFSG was drafted > > > it was felt if the patch clause wasn't included in the DFSG that > > > some software important to Debian would have been treated as > > > non-free. I think it's also safe to say that we thought that allowing > > > that software into Debian was a better idea than excluding it. > > > > According to Branden, it was an attempt to get Qmail into Debian, and > > that's treated as non-free anyway. > > I disagree: > > At the time the DFSG was being drafted, it wasn't clear how qmail > would be distributed.
That doesn't seem to contradict Branden's post. Feel free to discuss it with him, though; I wasn't around at the time. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
