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'''Reason for being non-free:''' various & unclear. internet-developed software from the dawn ages before we realised explicit licenses were needed.[[BR]]
'''Resolution:'''[[BR]]
[http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200401/msg01864.html Russ Allbery]: "This is partly replaced by mailpost and/or news2mail (I forget which direction newsgate goes), included in [http://packages.debian.org/inn INN] under a better license. A bit of additional development effort would likely kill newsgate completely; it's not a very complicated program, particularly when written in a better programing language for string manipulation than C."		 '''Reason for being non-free:''' various & unclear. internet-developed software from the dawn ages before we realised explicit licenses were needed.<<BR>>
'''Resolution:'''<<BR>>
[[http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/debian-devel-200401/msg01864.html|Russ Allbery]]: "This is partly replaced by mailpost and/or news2mail (I forget which direction newsgate goes), included in [[http://packages.debian.org/inn|INN]] under a better license. A bit of additional development effort would likely kill newsgate completely; it's not a very complicated program, particularly when written in a better programing language for string manipulation than C."

Reason for being non-free: various & unclear. internet-developed software from the dawn ages before we realised explicit licenses were needed.
Resolution:
Russ Allbery: "This is partly replaced by mailpost and/or news2mail (I forget which direction newsgate goes), included in INN under a better license. A bit of additional development effort would likely kill newsgate completely; it's not a very complicated program, particularly when written in a better programing language for string manipulation than C."