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Re: Discussion - non-free software removal



Not the whole GR argument. I meant that this argument:

>"people that would not work on Debian or Free
>Software anyway" will want to work on providing debian users with
>infrastructure for using non free software in a free environment?

for the GR, is ridiculous. 

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 03:02:17PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Michael Cardenas <mbc@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > This argument for the GR is totally baffling to me. 
> 
> Here's what I think is the best argument.
> 
> The Debian distribution is supposed to be free software.  Many, many,
> many people think that it currently includes non-free software.  We
> should fix that problem.
> 
> When I started this whole thread by correcting someone who referred to
> a non-free package as part of Debian, I was told that I was being
> pedantic.  If the current compromise is merely pedantic, then it
> something has seriously broken down.
> 
> 
> 

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