Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:01 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>Steve Lamb wrote: >> >>> I agree. I'm all for openness and freedom, don't get me wrong. But I >>>hardly see how openness and freedom that forces people into a certain position >>>is either open or free. It's just another close position. If it is our >>>machine then where's the fault in us doing what we want with it? Especially >>>in cases where a free and open alternative often doesn't exist. >>> >> >>What if the not-so-open alternative is not redistributable without some >>sort of licensing agreement. Then the Debian project can strike an >>agrement with the developers, but then you would not be allowed to make >>copies and give them to your friends. >> >>-Roberto >> > > > I don't think so. I moved to Debian because it has a strong appeal for > the concept of freedom, and what is close to - to be on your own. > > The Debian community is an effort t overcome this loneliness without > taking of the freedom. > > In my humble opinion, GPL is the only agreement we need. > > Fortuna fortes adjuvat. I agree with you. I simply responding to Steve's idea that even free and open alternatives don't exist, we should do something. For example, if wireless card A has no free drivers, but there are drivers available from the manufacturer under some ornerous license, we should provide those since something (even under restrictive terms) is better than nothing. My point was that doing such things might make Debian to the point where redistributing it becomes impossible. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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