On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:24:55PM +0000, Steven Fuerst wrote: > This old software doesn't fit nicely into the mold that was created long after > it was made. Yet it somehow manages to capture some of the spirit of the > revolution that I believe it helped to form. Why shouldn't debian continue > to support these rare pioneering works? Because it's not our job. Debian is not a museum. Freedom matters, and grandfather clauses do not make people any more free in practice. However, you are free to propose a General Resolution amending the Debian Free Software Guidelines to add a grandfather clause. Such a GR will have to stand or fall on its merits. -- G. Branden Robinson | I suspect Linus wrote that in a Debian GNU/Linux | complicated way only to be able to branden@debian.org | have that comment in there. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Lars Wirzenius
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