** On Jun 10, Marc Haber scribbled: > On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 23:52:23 -0700, Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu> wrote: > > 3) debian as released will -never- release a sources.list on anything > > debian calls an official release with the string "non-free" in it. > > Not ANYWHERE in that file, not as documentation, not as examples. [don't have the original posting in my inbox] Jim, what you write above sounds profoundly fanatic, sorry... > Will you be volunteering to go to debian-user and repeatedly answer > the question how Netscape can be installed on a Debian system? That > question will _doubtlessly_ emerge on a daily basis there. That probably would be disallowed, since answering such questions on the Debian-maintained list would be a violation of the Debian policy of NOT supporting non-free software. So the user would face the situation when he is bounced as a ping-pong ball between the Netscape supprort ("go to Debian - it's a Debian-specific problem. It works for us.") and the Debian support lists ("Sorry... As much as I would love to help you, I cannot - because I would violate the Debian Policy and Social Contract which would result in my humble self being expelled from the project. Yup, I know it's fanatism, but what can I do??". Is it insane, or am I loosing my common sense? marek
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