On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 08:45:15PM +0200, Zlatan Todoric wrote: > > Debian isn't advertised as a distribution whose main goal is to > > provide 100% free something while not providing anything non-free, > > I think there are other projects with such advertising. So I think > > that such strong metaphors can't be applied to Debian. > Except it is by our Social Contract. See my other email. > Regarding that I think we should point people that reach this > community (especially if they want input from us) towards things we > work on: so to say we have **free** services as alternatives to *that* > google services and we use and stand by them. For most services you can't say "we". > On the other hand - I do believe that Debian contributors should > uphold Social Contract and DFSG as much as possible because if we > don't push it forward and believe in it, then no one else will. SC says "Debian will remain 100% free". What do you mean by upholding that and pushing that forward? Saying something else in place of "Debian"? That's mostly not constructive. > because AFAIK you don't need to know how and who produced organic food > to buy one (everyone can find countless examples on this thought). Thanks for that metaphor, "organic food" has some nice similarities to "100% free distribution". > Be polite, give your best on everything but also understand that not > everyone has neither will have freedom to use/do something without > making their life more difficult for not (in their eyes) too much > personal gain. That's true. -- WBR, wRAR
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