Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer
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- Subject: Re: Free as in speech, but not as in beer
- From: Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl>
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:24:48 +0200
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Op 31-03-15 om 22:48 schreef Don Armstrong:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>
>> Do you know an example of software what is distributed by Debian when
>> it's clear the development team behind it, doesn't want that?
>
> cdrecord is a prominent example, where the developer was vehemently
> against Debian distributing it, and also vehemently against distributing
> a forked version.
>
> Guess what? Debian distributed it anyway.
You have a point, but a very special one. There was no alternative for
cdrecord at that moment. Now there is a fork, so a new development team.
(...)
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
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Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen
http://www.vandervlis.nl/
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