On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 09:12:49PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 04:36:22PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Friday 04 August 2006 14:39, Carl Fink wrote: > > > Now that FSW is in the process of freeing VMWare Server (it's already free > > > of charge, and they plan to release the source, in some vague sense not > > > made clear on their web site), is anyone beginning to think about a Debian > > > package of it? > > > > Probably not until after it's free by Debian's definition. > > That would apply to having source packages, but why couldn't there be > something like the acroread and flashplugin-nonfree packages?
The acroread packages are not legally redistributable (at least in the US). They are not official packages and are hosted from a server outside the US. All the flashplugin-nonfree package does is to download the tarball directly from Macromedia and then unpack it on your system. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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