Re: Bug#686481: debian-reference instructs users on how to install non-free software

[Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org>]

Hi!

Am 03.09.2012 15:14, schrieb Osamu Aoki:

> If the bug reporter wishes to kill everything about non-free from Debian
> related documents and archive area, I can tell him to go to the source
> :-) "Debian policy" (Sure this is in our "main" area which is the real
> Debian system)
> 
>  2.2.3 The non-free archive area
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-non-free
> 
> If the bug reporter can convince Debian folks in debian-project to agree
> to remove these writings on non-free in our policy and make Debian not
> to have non-free area, I will reconsider this bug report.
[..]

Policy is the wrong point to start removing policy. non-free (and
contrib FWIW) are written down in social contract §5, so we would need
to change that first.


Best regards,
  Alexander