> > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:00:44PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > > Of course, the problem is that there are always more non-free packages > > > to be uploaded. When first I proposed the elimination of non-free, > > > there was much whining about Netscape. Now I hear much whining about > > > Japanese PDFs.
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 06:13:58PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > This is bad, why? On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 06:19:51PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > I think it has something to do with fonts being non-free. Thank you. If that is the reason why this is bad, then your statement "there are always more non-free packages to be uploaded" isn't something that's a flaw in our choice to distribute them. Instead, it's a criticism of people licensing those packages in a fashion which don't meet our guidelines. Also, you seem to have overlooked one of my questions: > > > Perhaps a logical place to start is, effective immediately, completely > > > and totally ban the introduction of any new package into non-free. > > > > And your basis for this is the document of which the DFSG is part of? -- Raul
