I think he used XP as an example. Substitute in "X" if you prefer: If I don't have X, it will be ethical to reject a request to distribute X, since I do not have X. HTH.Except that statement doesn't make sense in the context of the current discussion for arbitrary X.
I don't see why not. How about: If neither I nor my friends have X, it will be ethical to reject a request to distribute X, since we do not have X.If that's still a true statement, then why does changing 'neither I nor my friends' to 'Debian does not' change that?