Oh boy, another flame war...
George Bonser wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
>
> > Please check out the mail list archives on pine. The pine people will
> > not allow binaries of pine distributed with bugs fixed unless they
> > officially approve. To approve officially means a lengthy process.
> > They are their own license PITA.
>
> I do not think you can say that since Debian never attempted to get their
> binary appproved. It is ok enough for Red Hat and Caldera and other
> distros. Last I checked they had packages. It is an arrogance thing ... it
> is a "screw ease of use, it does not fit our political agenda"
> thing.
Are you advocating that we _not_ follow pine's license and
distribute modified binaries anyway? Thus breaking the law?
If you have a problem with pine's license, you should bring it up
with them. Debian is just following it.
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