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



On 2004-01-06 09:33:51 +0000 Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

Ok, so then, please someone write a nice software ADSL library, so my
unicorn ADSL modem driver can go in main.

Asking for it is a start, but maybe this should be done more visibly than an email to debian-vote. There may be other things you can do to help this, too.

And let's remove all that bunch of non-free documentation that currently
is in main. [...]

FWIW, I agree.

And what was my last example, a yes, lha. I hear there are some free
versions of this one around.

Do you have a name? I suspect this may be easier to find for someone who can read Japanese.

[...] it would be far better to have some plan to
phase out non-free software from debian than to remove non-free.

(It is not part of debian, we were told in the past. Opponents of the suggested GR seem to forget that and talk of things like removing from debian, or phasing out from debian.) What's your suggested plan for how to make your suggestions happen? You use non-free, so you're better placed to tell us what is acceptable. As seen elsewhere, if a non-user suggests things, we get rebuffed.

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