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Re: gated

From: David Welton <davidw@efn.org>
> However, the next thought that comes to mind is redhat's 'contrib',
> where they place rpm's contributed by others, with the clear idea
> that they are *not official*

It's just like Debian's "contrib".

But I doubt that Red Hat _signed_a_contract_ for any of that contrib
stuff.

It's difficult to sign a contract and then protest the terms of
the contract. You have already agreed to the terms of the contract by
signing it. That's why I don't want to sign the gated contract.
If someone else signs it and distributes the program, I still can 
protest its terms and work to get them to reform their contract.

> What do others think?  Maybe Vitamin D could be a subdirectory for
> *unofficial* .deb's?  

If their organization got started, they might eventually be a better home
for _some_ contrib and non free stuff simply because
_they_could_make_their_own_policies_ and would not have to heed Debian's
policies or even ask us. But we are getting ahead of ourselves, since they
have not formed their organization yet.

At this point you are getting a hint of how complex this is and
also you are becoming aware of the fact that we've already thought
about it for a long time :-)

	Thanks

	Bruce
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