On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:20:53PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > How does that follow from the definition of "free" applicable in this > context? http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines Just to pick a nit, that's not a "definition". It's a series of tests. The Free Software Foundation has a fairly useful attempt at a definition of what "freedom" is as it applies to software and, I would argue, any creative work. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html In the interests of full disclosure I should note that I have pondered extending this list of freedoms for Debian's purposes. -- G. Branden Robinson | That's the saving grace of humor: Debian GNU/Linux | if you fail, no one is laughing at branden@debian.org | you. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- A. Whitney Brown
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