On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 09:48:57PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > You are mistaken. It also applies if a package needs a piece of software > > which isn't distributable by Debian, not even in non-free (for a > > concrete example, see the java packages that can't be compiled by free > > compilers) > > Ah, thanks for the correction. > > Then in this case, we would put the drivers into to contrib, and the > firmware into non-free. >
Yes, and when next-generation processors will require loading firmwares to work, we would put them in non-free and kernels and libc in contrib. At that time Debian (aka main) will become just a collection of software as in the first days of GNU. Surely not a Universal OS... -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
