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Re: Package announcements changes.

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.  It should be easy enough for the FSF to process the
: Packages file to see what can and what can't go on a CD;.

From: heiko@lotte.sax.de
> Yes, such a header would be nice .. but what about the
> Section header?

We need to keep the non-free and contrib directories separate
from the rest of the distribution. They are not official components of
the Debian distribution, because the programs in them to do not fit our
standards in some way. In the case of non-free, the programs in there
have restrictive licenses or are encumbered by patents or legal
restrictions.  In the case of contrib software, there is some reason we
don't want to support those packages or they do not meet our
standards.  For example, packages that don't come with source code. For
good marketing reasons the Debian distribution is entirely free
software with all source code.

I don't object to structuring the non-free and contrib directories to
look more like the main directories. I think it's a good idea to put
the license in the archive in a .txt file with each of the non-free
packages, so that people can easily decide to include them or not.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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