On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:34:28 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 07:27:07PM +0000, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > I could just put up a site with CC porn, then. Aren't we supposed
> > > not to discriminate against fields of endeavour?
> > 
> > A software which requires access to non-free documents over the
> > network to work at all shouldn't go into main.  It seems that gnaughty
> > is currently in that category.
> 
> Sure, just remember to file RM bugs for:
> gmailfs
> googlizer
> libwww-google-calculator-perl
> opensync-plugin-google-calendar
> python-libgmail
> akonadi-kde-resource-googledata
> clive
> gcalcli
> gmail-notify
> tryton-modules-google-maps
> calendar-google-provider
> (picking on just Google)

the key litmus test is: does the application depend solely on non-free
information to function properly.  these google applications fail
this test because the licensing of the data itself is at the user's
discretion.  hence, they are permitted in main.

mike


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