From: Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > How about putting in as well that those CD-ROM manufacturers are at last > allowed to include the non-free directory too?
The note I gave them last time on the non-free directory was that they can include parts of it, but they must read all of the licenses of the programs in non-free to see which ones they can include. There are definitely some programs in there that can not be sold. > It was really a *BIG* disappointment upon reception of the latest > InfoMagic "Linux Developers Resource" when i had to see that the > software from it was included in the CD set as *.rpm's, *.tgz's and > source but not as Debian's *.deb packages! Joel Goldberger at InfoMagic is quite friendly to Debian. Why don't you ask him (_nicely_, please) to do it differently next time. E-mail him at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . > Why is I-Connect obviously allowed to include non-free on their disk and > not e.g. InfoMagic who are selling more or less an image of the primary > Debian FTP server as well? It's not an "allow" thing. This is a decision made individually by each CD manufacturer. Some of them spend more time reading copyrights and deciding what to include, some of them decide to include stuff that maybe they shouldn't, etc. Thanks Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]