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Re: Having a non-free and a non-cd branch?



Hi,
>>"Kevin" == Kevin Atkinson <kevina@clark.net> writes:

 >> Because Debian has drawn a line.  I may not agree completely with how
 >> some people interpet that line, but I think it should be stood by.

 Kevin> I call stubborn.  Infact very very stubborn.  It like saying
 Kevin> we herby declare that a School will always be a male only
 Kevin> school, always, and every.  That will never change.

	Nope, it is like saying we shall never take slave. Never. We
 respect human liberty. We really really are against slaves. That will
 never change.

 Kevin> Never mind that all the other male only scolls are being to
 Kevin> except the famial sex to keep up with changing times.  We
 Kevin> won't even do it if the population only 10% male.  Never
 Kevin> change.  We have drawn the line.

	Never mind that other nations consider some peole not to be
 fully human. Some nations consider other races to be
 subhuman. Nope. Never shall we perpetrate genocide; or slavery. Never
 change.  We have drawn the line. 

 Kevin> Therefor you are saying that debian will only use free
 Kevin> software.  Always, always, always.  It will never use software
 Kevin> that is not quite free. Even if all the other linux
 Kevin> distributions are including it becuase it is free enough for
 Kevin> them.  Debian will not, it is against our prinsables so it
 Kevin> will never happen.  We must stand by our prinsables, must,
 Kevin> must...

	No gas chambers. No indentured servants. One person, one
 vote. We don't care that other nations torture
 dissidents. Free press. Free software. No gulags. Debian will
 not, it is against our prinsables so it l never happen.  We
 must stand by our prinsables, must,  must... 

 Kevin> Like I said stubborn.

	Yup. And principled. 

 Kevin> Please, please, don't take this as flame bate but I was just
 Kevin> trying to put what you said into prespetive.

	As am I. But please feel free to flame, if you wish. 

 Kevin> If people want a coed school there are lots of other schools
 Kevin> to chose from.  But we will stay male only out of principle.

	Other peole have slave. They make more money. But we pay our
 workers. But we will stay free only out of principle.

 Kevin> The consider anyone who draws a line and refuses to budge
 Kevin> inflexible (as well as stubborn). It is something I expect to
 Kevin> see in old timers.

	I see. So, you are for slavery, ethnic cleansing, etc, since
 you have no firm "lines"? Principles, morals, ethics, have no value,
 no meaning? 

	manoj
 who can make sophomoric analogies with the best of them
-- 
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