[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > > [snip ... and btw, your lines are exceptionally long. ] sorry...here at work im stuck in win95...netscape doesn't have much for helping you keep lines under 80 chars (but I try) > : I would like to see non-free debian packages on CDs... > : it would make my life and the lives of many people easier... > Of course it would. as the center of my own universe I think thats reason enough(now if in boston they would only get rid of the harvard, central, and kendal train stations I coul dget to work faster...) > : for CDROM vendors to include non-free debs.... > I think several people are missing the point. Debian has a policy - it > is the DFSG. So, Debian's "Official" CD set does not include non-free > (because that would be rather silly, wouldn't it?). I can understand that > Therefore, two immediate solutions come to mind. Someone can either > dredge through the licenses and figure out what may be safely > distributed out of non-free, I am looking now at non-free....its just a big mess...I woul dlove to see it organized somewhat...pu tmore into line with what the debian dist looks like even tho it is not part of debian...and it is "non-free"... as for working out the licenses... I like that idea of organizing thme a bit more by license... some things...like "these are what can be put on a CDROM and sold and these can't" I would be willing to work on at least putting a list together if anyone else is interested in helping out... In fact (more because I want to have them and need to fill space on my new "personal CD" but I intend tot akea lookat the licences) I am going to download all of non-free bins to take a look at -Steve -- -=Signature has been removed because it made an unfair comparison between NT 4 and Linux =- replacement: (ok I admit...I am bored..its a slow day at work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$fortune -o Anything more than 3 shakes is for fun. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
