On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 03:53:18PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Because the first mention i got of the problem was when some debian-legal > > following idiot send me a bug report that my package was non-free, that > > debian-legal reached consensus, and that i should please either move it to > > non-free or force the upstream author to relicence it. This took me out of > > years of blissful ignorance of debian-legal into the thick of the action, > > and > > very negatively colored debian-legal's relevance. > > So your package was non-free and neither you nor the ftpmasters > noticed it. This is debian-legal's fault?
No, the package was not non-free, and the argumentation which brought said guy to claim consensus had been reached was not sound, nor was there real consensus i believe. Still, debian-legal should inform the maintainers and invite them to take part of the discussion when examining packages which have been in main for years. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
