| From: |
| Jonas Smedegaard <dr-AT-jones.dk> |
| To: |
| Faidon Liambotis <paravoid-AT-debian.org> |
| Subject: |
| Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service |
| Date: |
| Fri, 04 Aug 2017 20:03:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID: |
| <150189143062.3213.2795361064723595021@auryn.jones.dk> |
| Cc: |
| 856139-AT-bugs.debian.org, debian-project-AT-lists.debian.org |
Dear fellow Debian developers,
Am I alone in finding it wrong to promote commercial services in long
descriptions of packages n Debian main?
Quoting Faidon Liambotis (2017-08-04 13:57:10)
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Long description includes a paragraph starting with the following:
> >
> > > Cert Spotter is also available as a hosted service by SSLMate that
> > > requires zero setup [...]
> >
> > That paragraph is irrelevant for this package - please drop it.
[...]
> At worst, this is "irrelevant" as you put it,
No, at worst this is misuse of Debian ressources for commercial gain -
i.e. using long description field for advertising a non-free service.
- Jonas
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