Bug#154312: Is mldonkey DFSG-Free ?
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:46:45PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es> writes:
>
> I totally agree with you. I just have prefered that you do not
> CC the bug when you contacted RMS.
I think Bas had a good idea, RMS will try to convince them to switch
and we might all get a 1:1 free application.
> I'm grateful to the FSF too and I'm a great supporter of Free
> Software, don't get me wrong. But I'm trying to understand people
> sometimes and things are not that simple: this is not like mldonkey
> was closed-source. Furthermore, I'm following the OCaml world and
> I can tell that mldonkey authors are great Free Software contributors.
Good.
> And if you want Debian to get in well with upstream authors (which
> can be usefull when we encounter problems), you have to care about
> not making them much trouble, otherwise don't even think of them
> being helpfull!
Well, i didn't represent debian when reporting the issue. hope they
don't get upset.
> Sorry, if you considered I've been offensive,
of course not.
> I only expressed
> my opinions. Debian packaging is often a matter of relationship.
you're always free to express your opinion, so am i to respond
to them :)
--
Robert Millan
"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992
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