Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME license non-free

[Sam Geeraerts]

Rubén Rodríguez wrote:
> > I thought MAME was an old-timer in Debian non-free (making it at
> > least suspicious), but apparently it only just got added. 
>
> It just entered Ubuntu universe with maverick, replacing sdlmame (which
> was in multiverse). Maybe they are relaxing their policies a bit more.

Ubuntu component info [1] says that multiverse contains software that 
that does not meet the Ubuntu main component license policy [2]. This 
implies (and I think it's also explicitly stated on ubuntu.com 
somewhere) that universe software should meet main license policy. That 
policy says "must allow redistribution", including "your right to sell". 
So it seems like a bug to me.

It's annoying that Ubuntu doesn't publish any motivations for putting a 
package in a certain component or for moving it between components.

[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/components
[2] http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing