consultores writes:
> OK, BTW, Are free source all the packages included in Debian?

Are you asking if Debian makes the source for all the packages in Main
available? Of course! Otherwise it wouldn't be Free Software!

> What about SeLinux?

SELinux is an integral part of the Linux kernel, and yes, of course source
is available.
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On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 15:08 -0700, consultores wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 09:47 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 17:58 +0200, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote:
> >
> > > I am just curious which distribution have the most packaged Open Source
> > > software. It seems to me this is Debian? Is there a good comparison
> > > (numbers, statistics, etc)?
> >
> > Debian, by a long shot. 26,000 packages. Next closest competitor
> > (Ubuntu) has 23,000. Most (all?) of the RPM-based distributions are
> > below 10,000.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions#Features
> >
> > This isn't really much surprise, though. RPM distributions have been
> > rather incomplete compared to the Debian ones for over a decade now.
> >
>
> I've read that using Slackware, one can install .rpm, .deb, .gtz, .tz
> etc. In few words, more packages!

You can do that in Debian as well. That doesn't mean it's a good idea
or that those packages are part of the distribution, though.

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On Tuesday 17 June 2008, Steve Lamb wrote:
> The program must include source code, and must allow
> distribution in source code as well as compiled form.


but there is the "non-free" section, which includes some
closed-source products that are proprietary in every way. I
see license statements like "Use is limited to non-profit
applications or evaluation purposes.". ..... "Make it clear
that this is a Freeware Light edition of a commercial product,
and as such may only be used for non-commercial or evaluation
purposes."

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al davis writes:
> but there is the "non-free" section

Which is officially not part of Debian.
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Some releases by date and by total size of current i386 binary packages.
Number NN under each distro code indicates initial 2.6.NN kernel version.

Uh
20 GB . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . D5
. . Ug . . . 24
. . 22 . . .
. . . . . .
Uf . . . . .
15 GB 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . F9 .
D4 . . F8 . . 25 .
18 . . 23 . . .
. . . . . .
10 GB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S
2007 | 2008

D4 = Debian Etch, including non-free and contrib.
D5 = Debian Lenny, including non-free and contrib. (forecast)
F8 = Fedora Werewolf, including Livna but not ATrpms.
F9 = Fedora Sulphur, including Livna but not ATrpms.
Uf = Ubuntu Feisty, including restricted, universe, and multiverse.
Ug = Ubuntu Gutsy, including restricted, universe, and multiverse.
Uh = Ubuntu Hardy, including restricted, universe, and multiverse.

--Mike Bird


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