Re Bigpond Ubuntu Repository: Fwd: [Ticket #63088] BigPond Download Problem

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On 03/01/2008, Blindraven <blindraven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was thinking the same.
> Their excuse was a big fat cop-out.
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 11:57 AM, William Grant <william at qeuni.net> wrote:
>
> > David Whyte wrote:
> > > FYI below is Bigpond's response to not having a mirror of the
> > > multiverse packages.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Whytey
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: David Harrison <bpfsupport at mammothmedia.com.au>
> > > Date: Jan 3, 2008 9:44 AM
> > > Subject: [Ticket #63088] BigPond Download Problem
> > > To: David.Whyte at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > No, this is currently intentional, due to disk space and legal
> > concerns.
> > > We're still evaluating multiverse but currently have no plans to
> > include
> > > it.
> > > [snip]
> >
> > Legal concerns? We don't accept non-redistributable content into
> > multiverse. There are some things that might not be able to be sold, but
> > as long as you're not selling it there are no legal issues with
> > mirroring it. We have hundreds of mirrors - they don't have issues with
> > it.
> >
> > Multiverse also isn't particularly large - less than 10% of the i386
> > archive size, and many of those packages are only i386 or architecture:
> > all, so it will be an even smaller percentage of the full archive.
> >
> > --
> > William Grant
> > Ubuntu Developer
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