Re: Discussion - non-free software removal

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 04:00:42PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> I think it's interesting that even in the context of a thread on
> removing our mostly useless non-free section -- which proves how
> effective is our policy WRT what is free enough for debian -- there is
> still agitation to dilute that policy for documentation. Such a dual
> standard..

I think it's a logical consequence: if we drop the non-free section, then
there will be greater pressure for packages to be considered "free".

Richard Braakman