Re: DFSG#10
> > > For Debian to be "100% Free Software", it first must be "100% Software",
> > > right?
> > One issue here is that "Debian" is an adjective, and you have to dub
> > in the noun. If that noun is "Software", you get a different meaning
> > than if that noun is "Copyrighted Works". As it happens, the updated
> > social contract uses the noun "System" -- a somewhat ambiguous noun,
> > but to some degree that ambiguity is good because it lets us branch out
> > into new things (new distributions for new architectures, most likely).
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 08:26:29AM -0400, Walter Landry wrote:
> Except that you are then ignoring the clarifying text in the Social
> Contract, which states:
>
> We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free
> software. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
That restricts the ambiguity but does not eliminate it.
--
Raul
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