Re: General Resolution: Removing non-free, Draft 2
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
Marcus> I would hope that interested parties will continue to provide
Marcus> and debianize such software using non-Debian ressources. apt
Ignoring, of course, the likelyhood of the infrastructure
being feasible at all, espescially withut the name of Debian, and the
fact that non-free is not as sexy to donors as being involved with
Debian.
Marcus> can deal with it, and even without apt it is not hard to get
Marcus> at those packages if they are provided via ftp and
Marcus> http. Those packages can be of the some quality as within
Marcus> Debian, and anybody can choose for himself which software
Marcus> outside the DFSG is worth working on.
I see. Just like red hat contrib packages can be as good as
the packages inside.
You, sir, have a low opinion of the value that Debian, as an
integrator adds, and that the whole may be greater than the sum of
the parts.
Marcus> I have not heard a reason yet why it is technically better to offer
Marcus> non-free software on Debian servers.
This is a political issue. But, htere goes: integration into
the rest of the distribution. Avasilability. BTS. Dependencies
handled by the apckaging system. Quality control. Policy compliance.
manoj
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... that the notions of "hardware", and "software" should be extended
by the notion of LIVEWARE - being that which produces software for
use on hardware. This produces an obvious extension to the concept
of MONITORS. A liveware monitor is a person dedicated to the task of
ensuring that the liveware does not interfere with the real-time
processes, invoking the REAL-TIME EXECUTIONER to delete liveware that
adversely affects ... Linden and Wihelminalaan
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