On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:44:23AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > oh great, another round of the non-free jihad. > what exactly does this gain for debian and debian users, apart from a > fascist enforcement of YOUR ideological preferences? > the fact that you find it offensive that some people need, like, or want > to install and run non-free software is not sufficient reason to > diminish utility for debian users. > you're just going to have to accept the fact that other people have > different beliefs to you, and that debian accomodates those people. > in short, enforce your ideology as sternly as you want on your own > systems but keep your interfering hands out of other people's systems. You tell 'em! Users of non-free software have a RIGHT to receive this software through Debian whenever it's legally possible, and our mirror operators have an obligation to carry whatever we want to have them carry; besides, surely no one has ever donated resources to Debian because of philosophical affiliations, so why would they care? How dare these developers muddle our finely-tuned pragmatic system by bringing up ideology? How dare they make decisions that could force our users to use free alternatives to their beloved non-free tools? Bah. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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