On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:29:17PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > Anthony Travers <amt-public@dodo.com.au> writes: > > > Why can't John Goerzen and all the other true believers just get > > together to form (for want of a better name) the Debian Non-Free > > Package Replacement Group (DNFPRG) with the goal of developing > > DFSG-free replacements for all non-free packages currently in Debian? > > Specifically which non-free packages don't have DFSG-compliant > replacements? I thought one of the major reasons for bringing this GR > up again was that there are no longer any really important non-free > packages. I think what Anthony was really trying to do was just shut down the discussion by inviting supporters of the GR to go distract themselves for a few years. The last time this came up (around July of 2000), the example of Netscape Navigator was trotted out time and time again. Well, the Netscape Navigator problem *has* been solved. Now we've got things like bsdgames-nonfree and being held up as examples of software that We Cannot Live Without. :) The whole situation reminds me of arguments about entitlement programs in the United States. -- G. Branden Robinson | If you make people think they're Debian GNU/Linux | thinking, they'll love you; but if branden@debian.org | you really make them think, they'll http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | hate you.
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