Mike, On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 06:28:01PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > > Does your question apply to *all* of the files mentioned in the mail you > > linked to? I don't understand which files you believe are non-free and why; > > some of the files mentioned are things like Microsoft Office documents, > > which are fine for main. Others are sourceless executables for other > > platforms, which are not (and are also not etch-ignore). I'm not sure which > > of the remainder are questionable for Debian, so it's hard to comment > > further.
> The mail I quoted is a starting point. Note that it not only applies > to xulrunner, but also applies to mozilla (which will be replaced by > iceape), icedove, and firefox (which will be replaced by iceweasel). > I guess most of the Word files are fine, though clarification about the > licensing of the document would be better (who knows, some > documentations could have non-free licenses, like the IETF documents > have). The OJI files, on the other hand, from what I can see, do lack > source and are thus non-free. What is an OJI file? What would be proper source for an OJI file? > The thing is that investigation is required on this issue. The other > thing is that AFAIK, the files involved in building our packages are > free. Which means that (AFAIK, again) only source tarballs may contain > non-free files. > Now the question is : do you think it's fine for etch or do we have to > not ignore the situation ? As said in my previous email, sourceless executables need to be removed from the source package and are not etch-ignore. I don't know what OJI files are and google doesn't help very much, so I don't know whether these are more like binary executables, or more like documentation. So on the whole, this is not an etch-ignorable issue; particular files may be etch-ignorable, but if you're going to have to prune the source package anyway, maybe it's easier to just remove questionable files if you know they're not used/needed, rather than spending time trying to determine if they're ok. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
