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Re: General Resolution: Removing non-free



David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:53:43AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> > If non-free cannot continue to exist without Debian providing a crutch
> > for it, that says a lot.  A LOT.  It means that there is not enough
> > demand out there for non-free to exist on its own merits, and that
> > therefore we should not bother.
> 
> No, it says that an integrated part of a whole has a hard time existing
> on its own and that no one suddenly came up with a lot of infastructure
> and help. And possibly those who cared left for Stormix or Corel or some
> other distribution.

Debian is sufficiently advanced technologically that it can support a
distributed archive.

-- John



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