On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 03:06:26PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006, Pierre HABOUZIT wrote: > > debian does not contains non-free software. non-free is not part of > > debian, it's only supported using the same tools. > > The differences between main, contrib, and non-free are only in the > conditions required for the software sources to be therein. Please > don't put Debian on the slippery slope where non-free is "not part of > debian", we already repeated our support for non-free in a GR. > <http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_002> > > There is no line to draw here, let each Debian user decide what he > needs and what he wants. well, reread the GR more carefully. It does not says non-free is part of debian, but: debian will not drop non-free support. but non-free is NOT part of the Debian OS. this is what I've learned when I was in NM, also what is stated in many Fouding Documents. So basically Debian /OS/ does not contains non-free software at-all. The Debian /community/ provides some kind of support (BTS, mirrors/archive, packaging) to some non free softwares which are released at the same time as the Stable suite of Debian /OS/ but not /in/ Debian OS. I think you misread my mail that was only reminding that fact. I don't want to drop non-free support at all ! -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org
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