Re: General Resolution: Removing non-free
7.06.2000 pisze Branden Robinson (branden@ecn.purdue.edu):
> A good thing, because you clearly don't understand the resolution.
Of course. How you could even think I could understand the
resolution...
> This resolution will do NOTHING to prevent users from downloading,
> using, compiling from source (if available), modifying, etc. non-free
> software.
But it prevents e.g. _the packages' developers_ from use Debian BTS,
doesn't it? And the non-free BTS, does it exist? And remember, not
everyone gets Debian from network, some still want to use CDs for
installation.
> It is a largely technical proposal with some alterations to the
> Social Contract to clear up some muddy language and terminate a
> compromise that was made years ago for pragmatic reasons.
Maybe I can't read; for me it was largely political or even religious
proposal, with technical consequences. Is the Debian a religion or an
operating system?
> > I understand now: this is the purity that is the main goal of
> > Debian project. Please, please, remove more software from Debian.
> > Maybe at some time one of The Great Free Software Prophets consider
> > that some licenses, e.g. the BSD or the Artistic license as
> > not-sufficently-free for Real Free Debian? All for purity, and to
> > hell with users' needs.
> It's refreshing to read such calm, reasoned analysis.
I know that my English knowledge is very poor, but I see it's even
worse than I thought. What I write wasn't calm; it wasn't analysis, it
couldn't be reasoned in any way. That was the sarcasm, what I tried to
express. Call it ``reductio ad absurdum'', if you want.
best regards,
Jubal
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