discuss: Non-free still exists (was Re: Debian-free licenses)
Subject:
Re: Non-free still exists (was Re: Debian-free licenses)
From:
doug jensen ####@####.####
Date:
10 Mar 2005 18:41:26 -0000
Message-Id: <20050310184052.GA25093@debian>
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:54:53AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Just because someone will probably eventually mention it: Debian is, in
> a formal sense, defined as the contents of the main package collection
> only -- though the other three collections are neither more nor less
> accessible, if enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list. Many rather tedious
> semantic disputes have revolved around that theoretical distinction.
> (I'm hoping that mentioning it will avert the possibility, here. ;-> )
True, however, you didn't note that non-free is not on the Debian CDs,
so those without internet connections (possible the ones needing the
documentation the most), would not have access to the non-free
documentation. Also, some people don't use the non-free archive, that
is their choice, but it does limit the number of readers.
--
Doug Jensen
