Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software

From	Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.devel
Subject	Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software
Date	2021-04-07 20:20 +0200
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Hello Dominik,

On Sun 04 Apr 2021 at 11:17AM +02, Dominik George wrote:

> That surprised me. If a package is free software, in ful laccordance
> with the DFSG, why is it put into contrib?

Just to note that anything in contrib has to be fully free and
DFSG-compliant, so the issue is not about freedom but about the more
nebulous one of main being self-contained, as others have been
discussing.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2021-04-04 11:20 +0200
  Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Stephan Lachnit <stephanlachnit@debian.org> - 2021-04-04 11:40 +0200
    Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free  software Stephan Verbücheln <verbuecheln@posteo.de> - 2021-04-04 22:40 +0200
  Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free  software Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-04-04 12:50 +0200
    Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2021-04-04 14:30 +0200
  Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> - 2021-04-04 13:30 +0200
    Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free  software Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2021-04-04 14:00 +0200
      Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> - 2021-04-05 08:00 +0200
        Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Austin English <austinenglish@gmail.com> - 2021-04-05 08:50 +0200
        Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free  software Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2021-04-06 15:00 +0200
  Re: Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free  software Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-04-07 20:20 +0200
  Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Packages in contrib solely because they allow  using non-free software Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-04-08 00:20 +0200
    Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Packages in contrib solely because they allow  using non-free software Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2021-04-08 13:00 +0200
      Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Packages in contrib solely because they allow  using non-free software Stephan Verbücheln <verbuecheln@posteo.de> - 2021-04-08 13:30 +0200
      Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Packages in contrib solely because they allow using non-free software Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2021-04-08 13:30 +0200
      Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Packages in contrib solely because they allow  using non-free software Stephan Lachnit <stephanlachnit@debian.org> - 2021-04-08 17:20 +0200

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