[Nix-dev] Re: restricted downloads

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Ludovic Courtès wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> Some files cannot be fetched automatically. For example, sometimes user
>> must sign license agreement online before downloading file (e.g. old
>> sun-jre, pkgs.wtk), or even buy non-free CD/DVD (games etc.).
>> Using "restricted = true;" feature, we can write .nix packages for these
>> non-free programs.
> 
> OK, thanks for explaining.
> 
> For the time being, I can safely assume that any package using this
> feature is non-free, right?
It can be free as a bear, but it is definitely not free as a freedom, right.