Re: Software in main that is throughly useless without non-free software
Hi,
>>"Georg" == Georg Bauer <gb@hugo.westfalen.de> writes:
Georg> In article <8790b5kizn.fsf@glaurung.green-gryphon.com>, Manoj Srivastava
>> srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
>> Do we have the right to deprive users of choices just because
>> we see no reason to do stuff? Sounds a trifle draconian.
Georg> Uhm - putting TIK into contrib doesn't "deprive users of
Georg> choices", it only slims down main to those programs that are
Georg> usefull in a all-free-world.
It throws the code out of Debian. I think that is quite
serious.
I also think that vi is not useful in any world, let alone an
all free world. Who make the decision of what is useful? If it were
me, all vi clones would be out. As well as python. ;-)
Adding subjectivity into something that was hereto objective
is dangerous.
manoj
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