Bug#669356: electricsheep unsuitable for Debian main?

2012-04-21 Thread Clark C. Evans
Linus, So, it's my opinion that there are two core requirements for free software: the license needs to be free and the whole work must be included. What follows is my personal opinion, and I'm not a lawyer, a representative of Debian Legal, or providing any sort of legal advice. Whole Work ---

Bug#669356: electricsheep unsuitable for Debian main?

2012-04-19 Thread Linus Lüssing
Hi Scott, Thanks for your quick reply and directly taking part in this. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:03:26AM -0400, s...@draves.org wrote: >  Thanks Linus, glad you like it. > > I am not aware that Debian restricts the content that programs can > download or calculate.  For example a regular web b

Bug#669356: electricsheep unsuitable for Debian main?

2012-04-19 Thread s...@draves.org
 Thanks Linus, glad you like it. I am not aware that Debian restricts the content that programs can download or calculate.  For example a regular web browser downloads copyrighted non-CC content all the time. And it shows you ads in order to finance its development. I would argue that our model

Bug#669356: electricsheep unsuitable for Debian main?

2012-04-19 Thread Linus Lüssing
Package: electricsheep Version: 2.7~b12+svn20091224-1.1 Severity: important Hi, Thanks for maintaining the electricsheep package in Debian. It works great for me and I really love it. The idea behind it is great, those animations are stunning! However I'm currently wondering whether there might