On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 02:10:01PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 01:44:54PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:While I understand the question, I'm not sure this is very relevant. Yes, Debian is about promoting the cause of free software; and yes, actually *using* free software is a very good (first) way to promote its cause.I'll encourage everyone interested in these topics to read this, very influential for me, essay by Mako: Free Software Needs Free Tools http://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html Also, +1 to Paul's mail. The DPL is a rather special case. I certainly don't fancy Debian being slashdotted due to the DPL using non-free software publicly, at the very least as long as suitable Free alternatives exist.
Undoubtedly +1 to Paul and Zack. Did we not *eagerly* endure, fifteen years ago, highly unstable software (October GNOME, anyone ?) because we thought that by using it we were going to unavoidably better it, for the cause of softwarefreedom?
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