Re: agreeing with the DFSG (was Re: non-free --> non-dfsg)
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 01:16:36AM -0600, Ossama Othman wrote:
> Let's assume that we live
> in a police state where speaking up against the law is unheard of and
> punishable. Which would you prefer: living in a society where people
> follow the laws but speak up if the law isn't a fair one in their opinion,
> or would you prefer the police state? I greatly prefer the society where
> one is allowed to speak up. Do we want Debian to be a police state of
> sorts? I admit that this is an extreme analogy but I think that it
> conveys what I am trying to say.
Hell, what are you TALKING about????
Debian is a voluntary organization. If participation in the police state is
voluntary, I don't care a penny if you can speak up or not, because I would
not be there.
You are free to enter and to leave Debian. As long as you stay with Debian,
you have to follow some rules and share some visions.
In all police states I know of, leaving is not as easy. Your "analogy" is
not only inappropriate (as Debian is no "physical" thing like a country) but
completely absurd and so far off topic, that I have to wonder if you had all
your senses together writing this.
Marcus
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