On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 06:08:25PM -0500, Asher Densmore-Lynn wrote: > I, a user of Debian, find software packages currently categorized as > "non-free" both useful and necessary. The distribution would be inferior > without them. > > I would find it alarmingly difficult to recommend Debian to anyone if my > instructions had to include "and then get the latest Ghostscript binaries > and jam them on there -- you'll figure out where they go". You are, I trust, aware that this General Resolution, whether it is passed or not, does not prevent *anyone* from making a .deb of anything in particular, or putting it on a CD. It would, if passed, preclude .debs of non-free software from redistribution through the Debian mirror network. > Are you guys making a Product or a Statement? Choose which. Since when are these mutually exclusive alternatives? -- G. Branden Robinson | Never underestimate the power of human Debian GNU/Linux | stupidity. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Robert Heinlein roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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