On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:17:46AM +0100, Thom May wrote: > * Jeroen Dekkers (jeroen@dekkers.cx) wrote : > > > > It subverts my principles (and probably also others). The fact that > > the company itself is probably also going to distribute non-free > > software also subverts my principles. > > > > The thing I want say is: Debian is about free software, IMHO we should > > not have such a prominent sponser promoting non-free > > software. Especially as we probably don't need it. > > > Congratulations. Stunning move. Please, go tell Sun, HP, and all the other > companies who've provided us with hardware and bandwidth and who happen to > make non-free software we don't need their help. > Perhaps you'll be kind enough to donate a replacement for > ftp-master.debian.org, www.debian.org, and everything else affected by this > decision. The keyword here is "prominent". I don't see any direct relation with the Debian servers and HP, Sun, etc. I don't see a link on the debian.org page pointing to Sun's or HP's new non-free product and saying that it's copyright by HP/Sun and all rights are reserved. The Debian servers don't run non-free software provided by HP and/OR Sun. The debconf2 registration page is hosted on a server with non-free software and has a link to a website with a non-free product, that's something different then donating hardware. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
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