Re: Extended descriptions of non-free/non-US packages.

2000-10-02 Thread Matthew Tuck
"J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: > Personally, I think this would clutter the package descriptions to little > benefit. A much more appropriate place IMO is /usr/share//copyright. The whole benefit of this proposal is so that you can know this information BEFORE you decide to install the package, sin

Re: Extended descriptions of non-free/non-US packages.

2000-10-01 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 01:12:17 +0930, Matthew Tuck wrote: > In detail, I want this at the bottom of every package description in > non-free/non-US: > > - if it's in non-US, explain what parts of the software use crypto, > since it's not always obvious. > - if it's in non-free for patent reasons,