On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 03:51:22PM +0200, Miros/law `Jubal' Baran wrote: > > This resolution will do NOTHING to prevent users from downloading, > > using, compiling from source (if available), modifying, etc. non-free > > software. > > But it prevents e.g. _the packages' developers_ from use Debian BTS, > doesn't it? For bug reports against non-free packages? Yes. Likewise, if we see bug reports against the specifics of Corel packages in our BTS, the bug needs to be closed or sent elsewhere. > And the non-free BTS, does it exist? Not yet, because there isn't a need. Do you suggest it would be impossible, or even difficult, to set one up if it were needed? Do you think no one would be motivated to do so? > And remember, not everyone gets Debian from network, some still want to > use CDs for installation. Hrm, good point. All the non-free packages I currently have installed came right off of my shiny set of Debian CD's. Errrrr... > > It is a largely technical proposal with some alterations to the > > Social Contract to clear up some muddy language and terminate a > > compromise that was made years ago for pragmatic reasons. > > Maybe I can't read; for me it was largely political or even religious > proposal, with technical consequences. Is the Debian a religion or an > operating system? I guess that's up to each individual to decide. I can't dictate the contents of other people's minds. I think John's rationale section was a pretty politically or philsophically motivated work, but the GR itself was pretty dry stuff. Certainly not very much like, e.g., the preamble to the GPL. > > It's refreshing to read such calm, reasoned analysis. > > I know that my English knowledge is very poor, but I see it's even > worse than I thought. What I write wasn't calm; it wasn't analysis, it > couldn't be reasoned in any way. That was the sarcasm, what I tried to > express. And I responded in kind. -- G. Branden Robinson | Somebody once asked me if I thought sex Debian GNU/Linux | was dirty. I said, "It is if you're branden@ecn.purdue.edu | doing it right." roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- Woody Allen
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