On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:16:16AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > I'd hope people try out Debian because either it's cool or Free > Software and then eventually see "Oh, there's this non-free > stuff. Let's see if there's something useful there." I think that with the old non-free question, most people installing Debian (the vast majority even) select yes to non-free, even if there is nothing in non-free that they want (or know they want) and then end up installing non-free software that was listed in their cache or showed up in a default search on the website when perhaps they would have been just as happy with a free replacement. I think that there are real steps we can (and some people have) been taking to make the non-Debian-ness of non-free more clear to users. Finding ways that we can communicate this separation in such a way that its easy for users that really want non-free software but not so easy that people instinctively choose it en mass is a good gaol One benefit is that it all ends up being a lot less controversial than the sorts of proposals that spawn this thread. :) Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill mako@debian.org http://mako.yukidoke.org/
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