Nicolás Lichtmaier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Jacob> packages.debian.org has a description for contrib that states: > > Jacob> Contrib > > Jacob> Packages in this area are free themselves but depend > > Jacob> on other software or hardware that is not free. > > Jacob> ^^^^^^^^ > > > > Jacob> non-free hardware suggests the existance of free hardware. is > > Jacob> this a typo, or have i been ripped off? > > > > Of course there is free hardware. Perhaps not free as in beer, > > but free as in adhering to open, and free standards. > > But that text should not be there. I don't think we would reject a reverse > engeneered driver in main... >
also, i don't believe the current package system can express dependancies on the presense of specific hardware in the system. -- Jacob Kuntz underworld.net/~jake [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
