Re: About sponsoring non-free packages

[jerome.marant@fr.thalesgroup.com (Jérôme Marant)]

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