On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 10:34:41PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > Most of the remainder had GPL licenses. But I was shocked to find that > most had *only* GPL licenses. If that was really the case, then these > should go in main.
No. There are several reasons why a GPL-ed package may not meet the criteria for main. [kde*] > lyx_0.12.0.final-0.1.deb > ddd-dmotif_2.2.3-2.deb Depends on a non-free library (-> cannot be built with packages in main). > ddd-smotif_2.2.3-2.deb Cannot be built with packages in main. [gstep-*] Needs a newer ghostscript than the free one in main. GS 4 has been freed, but that was too late to get it into main. Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
