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Re: "keep non-free" proposal



> >   1. Debian Shall Continue Distributing Software That's 100% Free
> > 
> >       We promise to keep the free software of the Debian System
> >       Distributions completely free.
> > 
> > We will continue to support free software, and non-free software, just
> > as we always have.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 10:14:15PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote:
> Wouldn't it be more exact to say
> 
> =====================
> Debian will distribute software which is useful for our users and can be 
> legaly distributed free of charge. We promise to prefer free software to 
> non-free.
> =====================

That loses the emphasis on keeping the software completely free.

It does seem to address one issue better than my proposal (where I've not
adequately stated that software which is currently free will remain free).

-- 
Raul



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