Bug#449497: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
severity 449497 serious tag 449497 -wontfix thank you i am reverting the severity of this bug to serious since the upstream author has made his opinion clear -- that the package in its current state is non-free. hence, the package should either be moved to the non-free archive, separated into fr

Bug#449497: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

2007-11-11 Thread Michael Gilbert
i received the following message from the upstream author of foo2zjs. it is his belief that much of the package should be non-free. see below. Rick Richardson wrote: > It is not the firmware only. It is also ICC/ICM Color Correction files. > And PATENTS. Patents by IBM and ATT in the USA and

Bug#449497: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

2007-11-11 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 10, Michael Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the maintainer does not believe this to be an issue [1] because the > firmware fetching stuff is a small part of the total package. i The maintainer is correct. > suggested that he could split out the firmware fetching stuff into a > contri

Bug#449497: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

2007-11-09 Thread Michael Gilbert
i recently submitted a serious bug against foo2zjs because the package provides a non-free firmware fetching script (called getweb) in main. i believe this to be a serious bug for two reasons: the first is that packages in main should not have any dependencies on non-free software. however, debia