Re: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joey Hess writes: >Wichert Akkerman wrote: >> * DFSG free programs with crypto can be made and (re)distributed >> from the US now, as long as you don't consciously export it to >> one of 7 countries which are on a special blacklist > >Of course that raises the q

Re: cleaning up our task packages

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Collins writes: >> >> Which doesn't include some very important tasks (task-web-server >> and task-programming come to mind), but is a large improvment from >> what we have now. And almost even fits on one screen. >> > >Maybe we need a way to define subtasks

Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , B rian Frederick Kimball writes: ...snip... >In your example the individual files are being extracted from the source >*after* the user has already received the source.tar.gz and thus also >already received the GPL. The source tarball is the Program. One copy >of

In GNU's own words... (was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL...)

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Mays writes: >Anthony Towns writes: >> > Is it also illegal to email a 20 line, GPLed, .c file to someone, >> > without attaching the entire GPL? > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: >> Probably, but it's also harmless. > >Hmm ... where do you d

Re: [RFC] Package build time config for installation directories.

Ben- There's only one thing that I would like to see, and that's to facilitate compiling and installing native packages on other systems. I currently work on solaris and since I use a lot of GNU tools I currently download all packages that can handle ./configure --prefix=/sup;make;make insta

Re: [PROPOSED] Quicktrack to fixing typos

How do I move to fix the spelling of the word 'document' in a Proposal? 'documentl' sounds like the Austrian diminutive word for document... :) (Couldn't resist...) Nils. In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manoj Srivastava writes: >Hi, >>>"Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ian

What is Policy? (was: Policy as rule of law, or whatever)

This is an issue I have seen discussed in many different settings... in business, organizations, or anything else that needs policies or laws. The basic question that needs to be kept in mind and answered is: What is a policy, and what is it intended to do? What it's intended to do is the

Debian's focus

Distribution, and at a time when a major release is on the horizon that should be the primary concern of the organization. Nils Lohner [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]