On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:51:35 +0100 Amaya wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > The non-free data could be distributed in non-free, to the extent > > they are legally redistributable by Debian. Otherwise, they must be > > downloadable via script from a server that has actually permission > > to (re)distribute them. > > Fantastic. But I don't think it will be needed. It takes a bit to > clarify all the non-free bits, as happened to Tuxtype and Tuxmath, and > many other games, but it is finally sorted out. Not in time for Etch > in this case, I am afraid.
Well, of course what I said holds for the current situation. You are encouraged to try and clarify the licensing status of any problematic file, taking the opportunity to persuade upstream to relicense in a DFSG-free manner, whenever possible. > > In some cases, the non-free data is even easily replaced with free, > distributable data. We have this problem with the game community and > the people in Debian Games take care of this. And of course, replacing non-free parts with DFSG-free equivalent parts is always an option! -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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