Re: A sensible plan for non-free
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:34:18AM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote:
> The benefit is that we insure that "supported" non-free software is
> maintained under our close supervision without actually distributing
> it ourselves. We do not end up establishing some new organization
> that has an unclear relationship to Debian. We mostly go on as we
> always have, except that we no longer distribute non-free on-line to
> end users.
In this scenario, we don't distribute non-free but we *do* still
support it via space on our servers. How does this better achieve
DFSG goals than simply distributing non-free?
Let me put it another way. It is clear removing non-free from the
Debian mirror will require end-users to be (more) aware that they are
using non-free software when they choose to do so. Is that the aim of
this policy change? Or, are we looking to encourage non-free software
authors to change their licenses? Or, are we looking to isolate
non-free so that Debian mirrors who don't want non-free can do so?
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