Re: A sensible plan for non-free
Mathieu Roy writes:
> The "Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standard" parts just look
> like an awkward addon to the Social Contract, just a notice of the
> failure of the DFSG to describe Debian activities.
It was an admission that _at_ _the_ _time_ there was non-free software
without which we could not produce a satisfactory integrated system. This
is no longer true.
Unfortunately, now we have the documentation issue.
Ean Schuessler wrote:
> The change I suggest is that the non-free and contrib sections be
> protected by certificate authentication. Certificates will be distributed
> to 3rd parties who sign up as an official 3rd party distributor of the
> non-free and contrib sections. All developers will also be issued a
> certificate for development purposes. Beyond these groups no end user
> will be able to download non-free or contrib software from a Debian
> controlled server.
I see no point in this. We would still be distributing and supporting
non-free software. We'd just be doing it in a roundabout and awkward way.
Might as well stick with the status quo.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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