From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free? Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:58:28 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87isfh73gb.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <20040424193246.GA2490@raptus.homelinux.org> <4091DAFE.5030809@namesys.com> <20040430055619.GD7487@archimedes.ucr.edu> <40923D1C.3090003@namesys.com> <878ygdk10n.fsf@wasp.nowan.org> <409287BC.10405@slaphack.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org >>>>> "David" == David Masover writes: [...] David> Basically, by having "free" and "non-free", you lump everything David> together into "free" as in absolutely, strictly, lilly-white, David> no-strings-attached freedom, while "non-free" covers everything David> from reiser (free, as above, with the restriction that there must David> be attribution) to microsoft (you pay a huge license fee and David> basically sign away your soul). Actually, things Microsoft would most likely not even get into non-free. Things in non-free must still be freely distributable, which most Microsoft things are not. So there is "free", "non-free", and "not-even-packaged-because-we-can't- distribute-it". Also, non-free is technically not a part of Debian -- it is only maintained as a convenience to users. Putting something in non-free basically means, "we can't put this into Debian proper because it conflicts with our Social Contract, but we recognize that users may still want to use it." -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.