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Re: Screw non-free.



On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:39:47AM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote:
> > Uh, why don't we just split the project into a free and non-free part,
> > and let the two projects make their own policies. We can do this without
> > getting people all inflamed by making reactionary speeches before it
> > happens. That's just going to make the transition more difficult. This
> > is simply a matter of "we've grown up now and this is the right thing to
> > do".
> 
> I'm a little dubious of the two projects approach because of the logistical 
> headaches. Take a look at the "sensible plan for non-free" post I put up and 
> tell me if you think that makes any sense.

On the other hand, as long as free never depends on non-free then this
becomes the 'headache' of the non-free project.  It seems like the
only real hassle for non-free would be maintaining dependencies given
that those dependencies could disappear from non-free.



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