On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 08:20:53PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > does getweb function correctly if the external files are unable to > be downloaded? if the answer is no, then the script must be > considered to depend on those files. and since those external files > contain non-free data, then the script must be considered to depend > on non-free data.
And conversely, if it simply that the functionality is degraded *on certain hardware* if the external files are not downloaded, then perhaps that would allow it to stay in free (assuming it is possible to avoid the download being carried out). To use a rough analogy, compiz doesn't work on certain graphics cards unless one uses the proprietary driver for that card, but that doesn't in itself make compiz non-free. If compiz automatically downloaded and installed the appropriate driver as part of installation then that would seem to make it non-free. If compiz had such a download as a post-installation option that could be skipped, then would that mean it remained free? John (TINLA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]