On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 03:32:40PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes: > > > > I believe this is a goal that Debian > > > also shares. > > > > I'm not sure why you think that. Debian's goals are enumerated here: > > http://www.debian.org/social_contract > > > > I don't see anything there which approximates: > > > > "to make sure that everyone who gets free software understands the > > rights they have and the importance of free software." > > > > Debian has always been technically oriented, not politically. > > Debian is both technical and political. I refer you to the Social > Contract which says "We will be guided by the needs of our users and > the free-software community. We will place these first in our > priorities." Note the "free-software community" there. And that is relevant how? I parse that as "technical needs of...". What the hell is a "political need"? The last thing people need is politics. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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