On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Michael Meskes wrote: > > All packages in the Debian distribution proper must be freely useable, > > modifiable and redistributable in both source and binary form. It must > > be possible for anyone to distribute and use modified source code and > > their own own compiled binaries, at least when they do so as part of a > ^^^^^^^ > > Debian distribution. > > That's exactly the point. I cannot recompile any package that uses Motif > since I don't have it. But I can recompile LyX since we have an xforms > package available. > Folks that buy my CD can too, but that's because xforms is improperly located in contrib instead of non-free where it belongs (because source is not distributed). Non-free is not part of the Debian distribution (in the most technical use of the term) and programs that depend on them belong in contrib (or non-free if they have distribution restrictions).
Luck, Dwarf ------------ -------------- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 877-0257 Flexible Software Fax: NONE Black Creek Critters e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask --------------