[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] Nikhil Nair: > On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > Or even better: a RedistibutionPolicy: header in the .deb file, which > > could have values 'free', 'non-free' and 'contrib', thus unifying the > > whole Debian tree. ... > > In the middle term I think your idea is excellent. I disagree. It's important to be able to see whether a package is free, contrib or non-free just by the location. Maintaining ftp mirrors becomes a nightmare otherwise. (Yes, some of use do care about free vs non-free rather deeply, even if we aren't the FSF.) -- Please read <http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html> before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list.
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