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Re: one of the many reasons why removing non-free is a dumb idea



On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:02:22PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> Do you believe Debian should not be distributing what the Free Software
> Foundation classifies as "semi-free" software?
> 
>    http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/categories.html
> 
> If so, why?

I do not believe Debian should be distributing such software.  It
rightly fails the DFSG.  For some users (for instance, a business) it is
actually less free than something without source (such as Netscape 4.7).
The no discrimination clause in DFSG is an important one.  Debian must
be equally Free for all.

-- John



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