>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Rogoyski <rogoyski@cs.utexas.edu> writes:
Adam> Please read section 5 of the social contract. Debian is a
Adam> platform for non-free software. If it were not, parts of
Adam> Debian would be violation of points 5 and 6 of the Debian
Adam> Free Software Guidelines, and Debian would not be able to be
Adam> released as free software. It is supported in the social
Adam> contract and DFSG.
How would this violate the DFSG, pray tell?
"No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups"
So we'd discriminate against non-free software producers? I got news
for you (apparently): the DFSG already does that, going by your
definition.
"No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor"
We'd discriminate against "producing proprietary software"? Again,
the DFSG already does that.
[more confused rambling deleted]
>> I do not stand for non-free software in general.
Adam> Debian does,
See? This is a *very* *good* reason for splitting non-free out of
Debian[1], if Debian's users think that "Debian stands for non-free
software".
The Social Contract starts with "Debian Will Remain 100% Free
Software". And the way I understand constitutions and such (and the
Social Contract is a kind of "Grundgesetz"), the *order* of clauses
*is* significant.
Bye, J
[1] It will be a split, instead of a real "we killed it", because
enough people are interested in seeing non-free kept somewhere.
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