Thread: On the distribution of copyrighted material
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2010-03-30 , 05:25
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Originally Posted by Flandry View Post
If we have a strict anti-piracy policy
We do.

why do the repos contain "plenty of copyrighted home computer rom images", proprietary calculator ROM images, &tc?
They shouldn't. If they do (sorry, I haven't installed any emulators) the packages should be removed until they comply with the QA policy. Please also bring it to the testsquad's attention because it would mean they are not testing properly.

I remember reading that we're not going for complete DFSG compliance, but what, then?
That's orthogonal to this. Closed-source in extras (non-free) may be fine, copyright infringement isn't.
 

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