Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 12:15:07AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> But personally, I don't think reducing the size of non-free is a goal.
>
> If, tomorrow, we get an email from Bill Gates saying "hey, if you want
> to include all the Windows 95 and 98 stuff in non-free, that'd be great;
> unfortunately we can't give you the source, but we'd be happy for you
> to distribute it -- it might make Wine work better, eg", then I think
> that'd be great and useful, even if it increases the size of non-free
> by a gigabyte and (somehow) increases the number of packages in there
> by tenfold.
>
> Making software more useful and more available is the goal. I think
> non-free aids in that.
Well, I respect your personal opinion, but I tend to have another one.
Michael
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