Re: drop or keep non-free - from users viewpoint
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 05:32:13PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> On 2004-03-09 16:02:22 +0000 Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> >[...] I cannot remember any user (not DDs/NMs) having real issues
> >with seeing non-free in the Debian FTP space.
>
> Short memory. Don't some FSF machines use Debian? Maybe you don't care
> about that user, or consider their problems real, but I remind you of
> them anyway.
>
> >wonder how removing _modem_ drivers (essential to get internet
> >connection) from the official / semi-offical media
>
> No non-free modem drivers would be removed from the official ISOs by
> this GR: they're not on there already. Is "semi-official" an invention
> of yours, or does someone actually claim it?
I believe it is well possible that some third party, after having
examined the particular licence of every package, do indeed at non-free
to the CD set, as they also added non-US in the past.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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