On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote: > Chris Knadle <chris.kna...@coredump.us> writes: >> On Saturday, March 17, 2012 21:53:18, Russ Allbery wrote: > >>> Hence the Debian patent policy. > >>> We can't just ignore things like this, nor is it responsible use of >>> project resources to openly flaunt disobedience to laws, however >>> ill-conceived. But neither is it Debian policy to seek out trouble >>> when that trouble isn't forthcoming. > >>> If you do want to be part of an organization that openly disobeys >>> stupid laws and makes a point of civil disobedience, more power to you. >>> I personally will be cheering you on. But the Debian Project is not >>> that organization, nor is it structured to be that organization (and >>> carefully structuring such an organization is important). The Debian >>> Project has other goals, which mostly require that it work within the >>> legal framework that it has available while making public statements >>> when that legal framework interferes with project goals. > >> The above explains the whole reason d-m.o exists. > >> However perhaps it also might explain the tenuous relationship d.o has >> with d-m.o because d.o may need to distance itself from the work d-m.o >> does. > > Yup. Exactly. Christian is taking on himself the legal risk of providing > those packages, which the project as a whole can't really do. Discussion > about the confusion that can be caused by some of the other packages he > carries aside (and I do think that issue is real), I for one thank him for > his work.
It would be great if dmo would restrict itself to this, or at least separate these "add-on" packages from packages that are problematic. Unfortunately, dmo does not categorize his archive in a way that would allow recommending at least parts. Therefore, adding this archive to the package sources of a system remains harmful. -- regards, Reinhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJ0cceZiCwgdkQtW5LDrTFWwVDEUgcZvySjPZR5VoSd4mp=8...@mail.gmail.com