>>>>> "Sudhakar" == Sudhakar Chandra <thaths@netscape.com> writes:
[...]
Sudhakar> What if there is a set of programs that become vital but
Sudhakar> are non-free in the future? I'd consider something like
Sudhakar> rvplayer important for any Linux desktop.
I do not. Simple fact of life: what is `vital' is *very* subjective
(of all the non-free packages people have listed as "We cannot do
without", I only consider Netscape Nav/Comm to be important... and
that will be a thing of the past as soon as Mozilla is up to SSL and a
bit more stable (though to me it seems as if it's already as stable as
Netscape anyway ;-)
Oh, and while you're painting horror scenarios: what if this set of
`vital' programs is, say, something we cannot put into non-free
anyway? You're whole argument breaks down here, IMNSHO.
>> 5. The existance of the non-free section is being used as a cop-out by
>> those that seek to peddle non-free wares.
Sudhakar> I thought the goal of Debian was to produce the best
Sudhakar> operating system possible.
^^^^^^^^
Yes, you're right, that's (one of the) goal(s) of Debian. But that
"possible" of course means "possible withing the constraints we've set
us". *All* we're doing here is reevaluing and resetting these
constraints.
Sudhakar> I did not know a Jihad against non-free software was the
Sudhakar> goal. I always interpreted the Social Contract to have
Sudhakar> a tone that was 'Live and Let Live' and not 'Live Free
Sudhakar> or Die'.
Sorry, but this is bullshit, as has been shown time and again in this
thread. This GR is not about killing non-free software.
Bye, J
PS: Why do I even let myself get sucked into this... :-/
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