On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:55:50PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > > > Hm, I don't think I like this. The gif images aren't the preferred form > > > of modification. Would we accept it if someone had a program written in > > > a language which only had a non-free compiler, then uploaded source > > > packages to main which contained object files, and just set > > > Architecture: i386 ? I don't think so. > > > > That's the wrong analogy, because images are not programs, they are data. > > If I wrote this email in a non-free editor, would you consider the data in > > the email non-free just because of that? > > On the other hand, if you change the program, you would like to change > the documentation along with it, yes? And in an entirely free system, > doing so would either destroy the images or leave them incorrect. > Losing a feature just because you recompile is not the mark of a free program.
What _is_ on those images, anyway? I didn't see anyone saying that recompiling would destroy the images or leave them incorrect. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.