Re: Clarification of WineX packaging request
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 11:23:23AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 08:10:20PM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:26:27AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > If you yourself share this opinion of Transgaming's copy protection
> > > support, on behalf of which developers are you speaking here? I would
> > > also have assumed that this position follows from the Social Contract.
>
> > I don't believe I made any statements about my opinions regarding copy
> > protection in this thread.
>
> In Message-ID <[🔎] 20020527092314.GS17409@flounder.net>, you stated:
>
> > Don't get me wrong, I think what Transgaming is doing is totally bogus.
>
> You were not referring to the copy protection mechanisms, then (which
> was part of the context of your reply), but specifically to the
> licensing ambiguity?
Correct.
> Message-ID: <[🔎] 87g00g3l2t.fsf@becket.becket.net>
>
> > But Debian is opposed to things like copy protection, DLLs that can't
> > be redistributed, and, well, your decision to hoard software.
>
> Which was the message you were repyling to. Although there's certainly
> a wider range of opinions about whether non-redistributable DLLs and
> software hoarding are absolute evils (which was the main thrust of your
> objection, I gather), can it not at least be said that the first claim
> -- copyright protection mechanisms are bad -- is universally held by
> DDs?
It doesn't matter whether it is or it isn't. What I was objecting to was the
poster writing "Debian" where he either meant "most DD's", or "I".
--Adam
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Adam McKenna <adam@debian.org> <adam@flounder.net>
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