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Re: Ask yourself some questions (was: Discussion - non-free software removal)



On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 10:05:07PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> Hmm, I have the opposite opinion.  I think a case can be made for
> Angband long after graphviz is no longer needed.  You see, people
> play games in order to enjoy their individual character: they want
> to enjoy *that* game, and another game, no matter how similar, would
> be a *different* game.  As an analogy, what would you accept as
> a "free alternative" for your favourite novel?  For some people,
> Angband is their favourite game, and nothing can effectively replace
> it until they tire of it.  (Historical evidence shows that tiring
> of it can take decades, despite the presence of excellent alternatives
> such as Crawl :-)
[...]
> It's critical to those who are addicted to it :-)

Removing packages from the Debian archive doesn't remove them from
people's systems.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |          Measure with micrometer,
Debian GNU/Linux                   |          mark with chalk,
branden@debian.org                 |          cut with axe,
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |          hope like hell.

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