Re: "keep non-free" proposal
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 08:40:00PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
>
> > No, the compromise is Debian distributes non-free packages, but it
> > also has a section that's free, and anyone who doesn't like non-free is
> > welcome to ignore everything else.
> >
> > Pretending that Debian's focussed on what things are called rather than
> > what things are certainly seems ignorant historically, and still seems
> > pretty dubious.
>
> It's obvious to you that what things are called is irrelevant, but it
> is, in fact, one of the things that the Social Contract is concerned
> with.
>
> What you're saying is that because you disagree with the other side,
> you don't have to respect the compromise at all. It *is* important to
> some of us what it's called, and we had a good compromise to deal with
> that.
Thomas, for your information, until yesterday or so, i never have seen
any compromise from the drop non-free folk.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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