Re: Discussion - non-free software removal
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 04:19:45PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:22:42AM -0800, Adam McKenna wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:56:05PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:56:46AM -0800, Adam McKenna wrote:
> > > > Why does the "GR-opposition party" need to stand "for" anything, other than
> > > > preserving the status quo?
> > >
> > > Thanks for clarifying that.
> >
> > Your wit is razor sharp as usual, Branden.
>
> I guess you're being sarcastic, because I was being sincere.
>
> > What you seem to be implying is that there is something wrong with the
> > desire to preserve the way things are now (regardless of the
> > motivation). Is this your position?
>
> There is not necessarily anything wrong with it. However, I cannot find
> "Preserve the Way Things Are Now" in Debian's list of committments in
> its Social Contract with the Free Software Community.
Perhaps some of us feel that "The Way Things Are Now" is consistent with our
Social Contract and our list of committments, and changing that would be
violating that Contract and those committments.
--Adam
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Adam McKenna <adam@debian.org> <adam@flounder.net>
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