Re: Re A sensible plan for non-free

2004-03-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:21:38 -0600, Ean Rouse Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > The thing that you are setting aside is that this policy precisely > mirrors the current handling of non-free and contrib on > CD. Furthermore, this approach handles the problem of dealing with > packages that d

Re: A sensible plan for non-free

2004-03-13 Thread Evan Prodromou
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "e" == ean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: e> The alternative, apparently, will be some sort of external e> organization that deals with non-free. Inevitably we will have e> to come to terms with such an organization and draft policy fo

Re: A sensible plan for non-free

2004-03-13 Thread ean
The thing that you are setting aside is that this policy precisely mirrors the current handling of non-free and contrib on CD. Furthermore, this approach handles the problem of dealing with packages that do not allow redistribution. It will be up to these secondary distributors to secure permis

Re: A sensible plan for non-free

2004-03-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:16:37 -0600, Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > The change I suggest is that the non-free and contrib sections be > protected by certificate authentication. Certificates will be > distributed to 3rd parties who sign up as an official 3rd party > distributor of the n

Re: A sensible plan for non-free

2004-03-13 Thread Martin Schulze
Ean Schuessler wrote: > Therefore, I propose the following: > > Non-free and contrib should stay exactly where they are. They should be in the > current bug system and in every way, from a development point of view, they > should be dealt with in the way that we currently deal with them. > > The

Re: A sensible plan for non-free

2004-03-12 Thread mathieu
Attached comes my reply to Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sent by mistake to debian-devel. --- Begin Message --- Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Social Contract demands that we support users of non-free software. The Social Contract starts with "Debian Will Remain 100% Free