Re: General Resolution: Removing non-free, Draft 2

[Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@mallet-assembly.org>]

Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:
> Here's the section as it would read with amendments:
> 
>   5. We Will Support Users of Our System Who Develop Or Run Non-Free Software.
> 
>      We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that
>      don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines.  While we will
>      not distribute such software itself, we have created areas in our
>      archive for packages that help install or otherwise requre this
>      software.  The software in these areas is not part of the Debian
>      system, although it has been configured for use with Debian.
> 
> So, while we won't distribute non-free software ITSELF, we will continue to
> have sections in our archive that HELP INSTALL or otherwise REQUIRE
> non-free software.  In other words, we will continue to have the contrib
> section.
> 
> What suggestions do you have for further clarification?

Nope, you were right, I wasn't picking up how the amendments all
worked together.  It seems perfectly clear.

Mike.