Re: one of the many reasons why removing non-free is a dumb idea
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:24:48PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> 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.
then by your logic, we must stop distributing GNU/FSF documentation, and we
must stop distributing any GNU software that is distributed *WITH* non-free
documentation.
their new documentation license is not DFSG-free.
craig
some of us live in the real world, not lawyer-land.
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