Re: About sponsoring non-free packages
Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> writes:
> Hi Jérôme,
>
> > I propose that we do not sponsor people for non-free packages.
> > People that we want to join us and seeking sponsors for
> > non-free package are showing that they do not understand
> > our philosophy and dedication to Free Software.
>
> do you also implicitely say that I "do not understand our philosophy and
> dedication to Free Software" because I do maintain a non-free package
> (xsnow)?
No, don't. I'm just telling that asking for a sponsor for non-free
packages is not helping the project. Non-free software are not
part of Debian which main goal is to release a 100% Free Software
distribution. I wonder if such people really know that Debian
is not only about technique but also philosophy.
It is the role of sponsors to check that.
>
> It's clear that free software is better than non-free software but please
> don't forget that you agreed that "We will support our users who develop
> and run non-free software on Debian".
I'd like to remind that Debian does not support non-free software but
_tolerates_ them.
--
Jérôme Marant
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