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Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64



On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 09:09:11PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 04:19:26PM +0200, Ingo Juergensmann wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 04:04:02PM +0200, David Weinehall wrote:
> >> 
> >> > > Am I the only one who find that strange?
> >> > Yes, because you are reading stuff into what others write, stuff that
> >> > simply isn't there.  So far, I haven't seen anyone _demand_ that you
> >> > release the scripts.  I've seen people asking you to do so, because
> >> > that's what free software is about.
> >> 
> >> And yet there is still the question open, what it is that make you believe
> >> that my scripts are free software?
> >
> > Again, you're reading stuff into what others write. He didn't say that.
> 
> "that's what free software is about."
> 
> Doesn't that imply that the software in question is also considered
> free software? Otheriwse that remark is just as good as "water is wet".

The entire damn Debian project is about free software.  Whether Ingo
wants himself and his services to be considered part of Debian (and
being a DD is _not_ a requirement for this) is up to him, but if he
does, living by the Debian principles when possible is a good start.


Regards: David Weinehall
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