The program FOO is free according to the DFSG and its license; can I now demand that Debian package FOO and include it in Debian GNU/Linux?
Although Debian includes only free software, we do not include all the free software in the whole world. (Although we do include so much that one can understand how people might think we include it all.) What software we choose to distribute is Debian’s own decision, and no one else’s. In particular, we are not obligated to distribute FOO. Here is what must occur for FOO to get into Debian GNU/Linux. First, it must be free, by our standards. Then it must be properly packaged, either by a Debian developer or by someone else. Then it must be uploaded to the Debian servers by a Debian developer. (This is called sponsoring if someone else actually did the packaging.) Then the Debian ftp masters must allow it in; they are a final screen against license issues or software integration problems. At this point the package is being distributed by Debian, but is not part of the official release. For that to occur it must be of sufficiently high quality to make it through a semi-automatic QA (Qual
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