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Re: new definition of non-free

On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:

> I think we might be doing the CD manufacturers a disservice by putting non-free
> stuff in the non-us directory - those who made CDs outside of the U.S. would
> have to sort the programs out on their own.

I think the real question is whether we consider `non-us' as part of our
main distribution or not. Until now, policy said that it does _not_ belong
to `main'.

Since there are only 10 packages in non-us, splitting is probably too
much work. (It's easy for CD manufacturers to check 10 license--they'll
have to check a lot more licenses of non-free packages.)

But if we consider `non-us' as part of `main', we have to split it, of
course. (IMHO, we shouldn't do that.)

> I also don't understand if you are
> proposing a non-us directory in our main FTP archive or elsewhere.

No, not of our main archive. I just want to keep the possibility, that
people can `merge' the non-us directory into the archive on their local
mirrors or CD-ROMs.

> Also, I wasn't planning to make an announcement. When I announce 1.3.2, I will
> note that for the first time all of the programs on the CD meet the free
> software guidelines. The "Vitamin D" group should make their own announcement.
> Debian should not make it for them. We have to make it very clear that their
> project is not a Debian activity.

Agreed.


Thanks,

Chris

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