Hi Bart! On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 09:12:23PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: >On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 09:49:14PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Hi Simon! >> >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 09:06:38AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> > >> >Thereby re-inforcing the interpretation that any installer or image with >> >non-free software on it is not part of the Debian system, but that we >> >support their use and welcome others to distribute such work. >> > >> >================== >> >> This last bit of wording is slightly unclear to me. Should *Debian* be >> allowed to distribute an installer or image with non-free software on >> it? > >Debian already does that. Anything available for download on *.debian.org is in >fact distributed by Debian. The label "unofficial" doesn't change that. >My point is that the last paragraph in Simon J's proposal correctly reflects >the current reality. (But I fail to see the value of Simon J's proposal on the >ballot because it is in my understanding equivalent with "further discussion" / >"none of the above" which is already on the ballot.) I'm directly asking Simon for *his* thoughts here, though. It's *not* necessarily the same as the status quo, and I think this needs to be explored more. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt
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