On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:59:16 -0800 Don Armstrong wrote:
> That being said, you're still looking at this from the wrong
> angle. We're here[1] to preserve our freedom to modify and distribute
> modified software, not to sacrifice useful freedoms to include
> anything in Debian.
Exactly! :)
The clear separation between Free-and-self-contained (i.e. main) and
other (outside of main) software is one of the best features of Debian.
It should be preserved as much as possible.
>
> While we should tie everything we can back to specific clauses and
> interpretations of the DFSG, there's no reason to allow software that
> is clearly non-free into Debian simply because it artfully avoids the
> letter of the DFSG.
Yes, I definitely agree.
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