On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:46:44AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I noticed that the ltsp.org has a series of GPLed debian packages > for use in installing the lstp client/server files necessary. > > I am wondering why these packages have not been incorporated into > the Debian Package library as official packages? > > I asked on the ltsp list and the response was two fold: > > The lstp .deb maintaner was not yet on the Debian Team. > > The ltsp .deb packages would have to be 'non-free' and Debian is > discouraging non-free packages. I guess I don't get it. it's GPLed.
The ltsp debs are non-free because there exists no source packages. See. http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/termserv-devel/2001-December/000201.html (It's my understanding that LTSP is made by binaries picked from various distros, and some things are compiled from source, e.g. the X packages). AFAIK the LTSP packages does not meet the demands of GPL and is thus non-free. The problem is not so much of licensees as of work: no one has uptil now taken the time to gather the source for these packages, even if is available, under GPL, SOMEWHERE. -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 sön feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown Hans Ekbrand
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