I really like Debian. I reckon it is the best distro I've ever used, for several reasons. I know Debian is by default 100% free software. The kernel is deblobbed and its default main repository contains only free software. I understand Debian got completely libre by the version 6. Debian 5 and all the former versions used a vanilla linux (non deblobbed) kernel. My question is: Has the Debian's main repository always been made of only free software? Has it contained only free software since the first Debian version? If a non-free package accidentally slipped into the main repository, this would be regarded as a bug. Wouldn't it? I'd like to know (I searched on the website for this info but couldn't manage to find it), since the very beginnings of Debian, how many such bugs have been filed? I know Debian's policy about the free software guidelines is very strict and you guys do a very good job, but I guess, maybe a few times, by mistake, some proprietary code did wind up in the main repo.. Thanks. Have a nice day!
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