Hi, On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:18:16PM +0000, Steven Fuerst wrote: > The debian project has to realise it has users and upstream maintainers > as well as the people who create packages. Your GR totally ignores this > fact. Amen. We've /got/ to realise that serving the users is in the end the only goal. Of course, the good people involved in Debian share the conviction that users are much better served with software that's free to use, modify and distribute -- that's why we put effort into writing such software and making it available. But let's not forget that even the Holy GNU General Public License (and the DFSG) is just a means to an end, which is to provide the user with good software; software that constitutes a net contribution to the whole body of knowledge because it will always be available to be used and improved by others (and because even the fruits of that improvement will be). I mean, let's not forget that it all started out because people wanted other people to have access to good software they could use, improve and share, and found existing software licensing too restrictive. Not to be the most influential source of software or to take over the world, despite what Linus says! ;-) Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies / Emile van Bergen | emile@e-advies.info tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 | http://www.e-advies.info
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