Re: Etch timeline is unrealistic because non-free firmware is NOT being dealt with
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:49:32AM +0200, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:46:09PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) writes:
> >
> > > On Aug 08, Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> We Do Not Distribute Non-Free Software No Matter How Much It Helps Our
> > >> Users.
> >
> > > Now think about why we do not do it.
> >
> > It does not matter. Different members of Debian have different
> > reasons. We have all agreed to work together on the basis of the
> > Social Contract, which says that We Do Not Distribute Non-Free
> > Software No Matter How Much It Helps Our Users.
>
> # Our priorities are our users and free software
>
> We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community.
> We will place their interests first in our priorities. We will support the
> needs of our users for operation in many different kinds of computing
> environments. We will not object to non-free works that are intended to be
> used on Debian systems, or attempt to charge a fee to people who create or
> use such works. We will allow others to create distributions containing both
> the Debian system and other works, without any fee from us. In furtherance
> of these goals, we will provide an integrated system of high-quality
> materials with no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the
> system.
Where do you read we allow ourselves to distribute non-free software for
user convenience ?
Mike
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