[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
apt-cache policy `dpkg -S /path/to/file | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
will tell you where the file came from, and whether it's free, if it's
part of a deb.
It will?
I don't see the licenses for the files in /usr/share/common-licenses
listed, nor the licenses for the /usr/share/doc/*/copyright files.
Anyway, you mean I have to carefully read through and examine with a
fine-tooth comb the text of the license for every single file in order
to determine whether it's free? Isn't that a service Debian claimed it
would provide for me?
Anyway, there are *still* packages which fail to list the licenses for
some of their files (beyond even /usr/share/doc/*/copyright) in
/usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Emacs21 is the classic example; but since its maintainers clearly don't
give a damn about the Social Contract *or* Policy, I guess it's a poor
example.
So, just to be clear, you are arguing that what you care about is
putting non-free software that Debian distributes into a special place
on the filesystem? The point of which is what exactly?
Being able to tell the difference without extensive work. :-P
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