Re: Intent to mass-file bugs: FDL/incorrect copyright files
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:26:00 +0100, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <jsogo@debian.org> said:
> El mié, 17-11-2004 a las 18:41 -0600, Manoj Srivastava escribió:
>> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:20:42 +0100, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
>> <jsogo@debian.org> said:
>>
>> > El mié, 17-11-2004 a las 19:27 +0000, Brian M. Carlson escribió:
>> > [...]
>> >> > Without wishing to start/take part in a huge flamewar didn't
>> >> > we have
>> >> > a vote and agree to leave such documentation issues until
>> >> > after Sarge's release?
>> >> >
>> >> > Here's the result I'm thinking of:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004
>> >>
>> >> No, you agreed to revert the Social Contract to its previous
>> >> wording, IIRC. The Social Contract as currently worded (with
>> >> that vote in consideration) states that "Debian Will Remain 100%
>> >> Free Software". debian-legal interprets that to mean that (and
>> >> please correct me if I am misstating the consensus) the Debian
>> >> distribution must consist completely of free software. So if it
>> >> is not software or it is not free, then it would not be
>> >> qualified to be in the Debian distribution.
>>
>> > And documentation is not software.
>>
>> Say what? It sure as hell ain't hardware. And, between software,
>> hardware, and wetware, stuff shipped in Debian is software.
> Ok, so the bible is software now (I don't know if the Coran is also
*Sigh*. Ok, I'll avoid pollysyllabic words. There are software
versions of the bible. There are dead-tree "hardware" versions of
the bible. And, if you have read "Fahrenheit 451", there were wetware
versions of the bible.
So yes, there is a software version of the bible in Dewbian.
> shipped in Debian). And linux gazette issues are also. And if a book
> text is shipped within Debian, it is also software. And also it is
> any manual (not embedded in code).
Correct.
> Then, the code in your CPU is also software. Please, hammer it as
> it is not DFSG free. Thanks
Since when has Debian distributed code in my CPU? (I'll
refrain from commenting on the idiotic leap of illogic that if one is
for adhering to the social contract one goes about destroying
non-free software).
manoj
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