On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 10:43:05PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > Can anybody explain how packages go into non-free? I mean: how much free > the package has to be to be considered to non-free and which issues are > blocker that would forbid the package into entering non-free? You/we have to be able to legally distribute it. A binary-only distribution agreement may mean it can go in non-free, but a binary-only agreement which says you must download it from a specific website could not (but you could make a contrib installer in that case).
I only recall acrobat, or rather the installer for the reader, being in contrib. The problem is that non-free can be there for many reasons. Most of the licenses used in those packages are just plain awful and probably more restrictive than intended. That's why working out if a package can go into non-free, or cannot be distributed at all, is often very hard. I'd say it is harder to do than the main/non-free decision. - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 http://www.enc.com.au/ csmall at : enc.com.au http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux, software should be Free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
