On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:24:11AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 04:12, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> [2004-03-02 15:20]: > > > 3. Do you think Debian should continue to support non-free? > > > > No. Debian is about creating a operating system with free software, > > and I don't think we should be in the business of distributing > > non-free software. I think we should focus on what we do best (create > > and integrate free software), and this would also get us closer to > > other players in the community, such as the FSF. > > What about Debian distributing documentation - do you see it as > software, do you see all documentation (eg. philosophical) as software? I've expressed my thoughts on this extensively on debian-legal over the past 3 years or so. Basically, yes. Bits are bits. Copyrightable sequences of bits must satisfy the DFSG to be allowed in Debian main. That's how I interpret clause 1 of the Social Contract. That's what "100% Free" means to me. -- G. Branden Robinson | Any man who does not realize that Debian GNU/Linux | he is half an animal is only half a branden@debian.org | man. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Thornton Wilder
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