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Re: The "Free" vs. "Non-Free" issue



On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 01:09:11AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 	Me; I would like to have a better handle on the reults of
>  whatever actions are the logical conclusion of this opinion poll --
>  and even build upon the possible directions the project could go
>  while we are asking for peoples input.

Umm, that's why we have a proposal and discussion system. People have
had plenty of time to express any opinions they might have on this -
and I've been following them carefully, and none of them have said
anything appreciably more meaningful than "I want to keep non-free" or
"I want to drop non-free".

If there were evidence of the existence of other significant opinions,
sure, we could write them into the ballot. If any appear, we still
can. But there hasn't been, and I don't buy the silent majority
theory, since it's almost impossible to get Debian developers to shut
up at the best of times.

All I have seen is vague handwaving along the lines of "There may be
people who would prefer to do something else [but I can't think of
anything I'd rather do than keep non-free]".

> 	If you want opinions, far less work would be entailed in
>  setting up a poll on debian planet.

And no meaningful results. This is not an opinion poll, it is a
statement of intent from a group of people who get to decide what
they're going to do.


As to the rest, I don't see that playing politics will serve any
useful purpose here. I don't think that it will significantly affect
the outcome; most people probably already know how they want to vote
on this issue. Thus far, by refusing to play that game, I have
effectively defeated all the people who want to say "Oh, this GR is
just about (zealotry|resource usage|whatever)". There simply isn't a
right answer here other than "What we want to do".

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