Re: [GNU-linux-libre] chromium not free?

[Karl Goetz]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:56:17 +0100
Daniel Olivera <address@hidden> wrote:

> El 23/03/11 03:36, Rubén Rodríguez escribió:

> > The copyright file provided by google (the one linked at the LP
> > blacklist) is ok, but the actual copyright file provided by Ubuntu
> > is this humongous thing:
> > http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser_10.0.648.133~r77742-0ubuntu0.10.10.1/copyright

> > It includes things marked as Copyright: UNKNOWN: License: *No
> > copyright* UNKNOWN
> > 
> 
> That is problem only for ubuntu or debian.

Only if the UNKNOWN files only exist in ubuntu and debian.

> > The debian one (they have it in stable/main) is about the same.
> > 
> >> ¿Could someone specify which so it can be removed/replaced for
> >> Ututo?
> > 
> 
> Use free code from source not debian or ubuntu packages.
> Obviously for copied-ubuntu/debian-based distribution is a hard work
> because the only one option is remove packages.

Patching code isn't hard. rewriting chunks of a complex code base are.

Unless you have a particular reason to think Debian/ubuntu have their
analysis wrong (noting that its always a work in progress, these things
dont stay static) could you expand on it?

For what its worth, I just did some spot checks on files listed as
UNKNOWN and some have been updated in the svn repo. Hopefully this
continues :)

> Best
> 
> happy hacking!!

and you! :)
thanks,
kk

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