On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:01:09PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 01:39:51PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Sorry, but the time i spent on packaging non-free stuff, this time i > > clearly see as part of the time i devote to debian. Not only does it > > include the real packaging, which is but a small fraction of the global > > time i devote to debian, but also some convincing and discussion work i > > have with upstream to try to get the licence freed. And packaging a > > non-free package puts you in a strong position to have this discussion > > with upstream, and, as i can see in my case, has already proven > > successfull in one of the two non-free packages i have been involved > > with. > > You are free to think so. I believe otherwise.
Yeah, the difference is that i can draw my conclusion from my own experience of packaging a non-free package (ocaml) which has over the time become free, while you are only making wild suspisions. Have you ever been involved with non-free packages ? Friendly, Sven Luther
