Dear On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 03:52:59PM -0400, Mike Werner wrote: > > archive for this [non-free] software. The software in these > > directories is not part of the Debian system, although it has been > > configured for use with Debian. ... > > And as I said in that same other post, why not take the packages off of the > server and go with an installation package such as used for RealPlayer?
If some packages can be distributed from Debian server, than they are distributed if they are in non-free. However, every single user can choose what he wants to install with configuration in sources.list. If you don't want non-free, don't put it there. Sincerely, Marko Cehaja