On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, King Lee wrote: > May I suggest that you might make a non-free_1 and > non-free_2 directory. The non-free_1 directory would > contain software for which there is no possible legal > liability for the cdrom vendor and cdrom vendors would > be encouraged to include. The directory non-free_2 > would contain packages with more restrictive licenses.B
Everything that is in non-free is there because it has a problematic license. Some stuff prohibits charging for distribution, some only a "reasonably copying fee". It's too much effort for someone to look through to decide on. > Some of stuff in non-free is, in my opinion, rather basic and > cdrom vendors should be encouraged to include it. Especially > since other vendors include it with their distribution. Are you volunteering to read all the licenses carefully? I considered that once, but gave up after realizing how poorly a lot of the non-free licences were constructed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
