Re: non-DFSG section and CD distributers
Right. Call it non-dfsg. Otherwise outsiders might misunderstand.
This also emphasizes that the rest of the dist is dfsg!
Debian has no monopoly on what free means.
In article <dmm90us7due.fsf@dcsun4.comp.brad.ac.uk> you wrote:
: Paul J Thompson <thomppj@thomppj.student.okstate.edu> writes:
: [ Reordered to something sane ]
: > > In the process I came to the conclusion that "non-free" is a
: > > misleading term - maybe it should be renamed "non-dfsg". A fair
: > > number of packages in there are free, just not as "free" as we
: > > would like them to be. I'll probably get flamed by lots of GPL
: > > people, but I don't have a problem with someone who wants to
: > > protect their hard work.
: >
: > Short and simply, I second this suggestion. Anyone else agree?
: Most definitely not.
: Debian has a definition of free, it's in the Debian Free Software
: Guidelines. Software which is not free by that definition goes into
: the non-free section on our ftp site. It's in non-free on *Debian's*
: ftp site, because it isn't considered free by Debian. What's the
: problem here?
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: James - DFSG. Why are there developers who a) haven't read it? and b)
: appear to be opposed or completely apathetic to the
: fundamental idea behind it (free software)? *sigh*
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