Re: Ask yourself some questions (was: Discussion - non-free software removal)
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
> 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.
But without a maintainer and the debian system behind them, they are
worthless.
Cheers,
--
Rémi
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