Re: Screw non-free.
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:53:48 +0100, Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
wrote:
>Also, if Debian has anything to say and has a sufficiently large
>userbase, people will notice that some programs and documentation are
>missing, which will lead to discussions with upstream to use a
>different license.
Currently we work very hard to decrease our user base, and if we
remove non-free, we will drive existing users to Fedora, SuSE and
Gentoo. Removing non-free will be another indicator of Debian losing
the connection to the real life. Just in case that our release cycle
isn't proof enough.
Greetings
Marc
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