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



On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:33:51AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> And what was my last example, a yes, lha. I hear there are some free
> versions of this one around. I would be happy to package it if this was
> the case, please point me to alternatives, and we can remove lha from
> non-free, no problem.

[...]

> And i would support a way of removing non-free that is flexible. Let's
> say that we say we provide infrastructure for distributing non-free, but
> also to help orient people to free alternative, either as users or as
> developers.

You don't want to look yourself for free replacements for your *own*
needs, but propose that "we [...] help orient people to free
alternatives"? Without volunteers, this will not work.


Michael



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