Re: non-DFSG section and CD distributers
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
> > > Yes, all new maintainers are asked if they have read and understood
> > > the Debian social contract.
> >
> > Great. Just like acceptance to the Youth Communist League. :(
>
> The purpose of having all new maintainers to read the DFSG is to not have
> to discuss them *every two months*, as it has happened during the last
> months since it was approved.
>
> [ BTW: This has nothing to do with communism: In fact the DFSG state
> clearly that you can not *restrict* the amount of money others can charge
> for distributing free software :-]
I think he's talking more about the Marxist-Leninist notions of historical
revisionism and ideological purity, rather than the socioeconomic doctrines
of communism per se.
There was more to the Soviet government than an economic system.
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