* Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>, 2011-04-07, 10:49:
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 91173a5..9b4a93e 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -9370,41 +9370,6 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]: policy (such as for <ref id="appdefaults">). </p> </sect1> - - <sect1> - <heading>The OSF/Motif and OpenMotif libraries</heading> - - <p> - <em>Programs that require the non-DFSG-compliant OSF/Motif or - OpenMotif libraries</em><footnote> - OSF/Motif and OpenMotif are collectively referred to as - "Motif" in this policy document. - </footnote> - should be compiled against and tested with LessTif (a free - re-implementation of Motif) instead. If the maintainer - judges that the program or programs do not work - sufficiently well with LessTif to be distributed and - supported, but do so when compiled against Motif, then two - versions of the package should be created; one linked - statically against Motif and with <tt>-smotif</tt> - appended to the package name, and one linked dynamically - against Motif and with <tt>-dmotif</tt> appended to the - package name. - </p> - - <p> - Both Motif-linked versions are dependent - upon non-DFSG-compliant software and thus cannot be - uploaded to the <em>main</em> distribution; if the - software is itself DFSG-compliant it may be uploaded to - the <em>contrib</em> distribution. While known existing - versions of Motif permit unlimited redistribution of - binaries linked against the library (whether statically or - dynamically), it is the package maintainer's - responsibility to determine whether this is permitted by - the license of the copy of Motif in their possession. - </p> - </sect1> </sect><sect id="perl">
Seconded. -- Jakub Wilk
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