`pure' [was: Software in main that is throughly useless without non-free software]
>>>>> Branden Robinson writes:
BR> Anyway, my suggestion (which wasn't even a policy proposal,
BR> you'll note) is withdrawn.
I haven't said anything up to now because I thought you and James have
been doing a perfect job of explaining your suggestion. Please don't
withdraw it now.
Allow me to make another attempt at explaining your suggestion, this
time using different words.
Proprietary protocols are a problem. Let's create a new distribution
to set apart the packages that can work 100% when connected to a
network that uses only free software (say an intranet that runs only
Debian GNU `main').
Free ICQ clients fail this requirement, because on such a network,
there wouldn't be any servers.
distribution goodness/freedom rating
------------ -----------------------
pure 100.0% (entirely standalone)
main 99.7% (talks to the enemy)
contrib 99.5% (breeds with the enemy)
non-free 0.1% (hell, at least it's *software*)
Maybe a better name for `pure' would be `holy', which simply means
`set apart.' ;)
Comments?
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