[Bug 305282] [NEW] VICE package info reports no ROMs included, but .deb has them

[Chris Cureau]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: vice

According to apt-cache:

 This package does not contain the various ROM images needed to
 actually use the emulators; they are available separately from other
 locations (see the README.ROMs file).  A corporation in the
 Netherlands called Tulip holds the copyrights to the ROM images, and
 redistribution is not permitted, but VICE itself is unencumbered.

Yet, if one does 'apt-get install vice', all of the emulated machines
include ROM images.  If the ROMs are under current valid copyright, they
should not be in the package.

NOTE: Debian includes these ROMs with its own .deb, so is it okay to
leave them in Ubuntu as well?

Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10

vice:
  Installed: 1.22-3
  Candidate: 1.22-3
  Version table:
 *** 1.22-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: vice (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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VICE package info reports no ROMs included, but .deb has them
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