Re: non-free software

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"Bob" == Bob Hilliard <hilliard@metrolink.net> writes:

Bob> Prior to the "Official CD", some vendors, such as CheapBytes,
Bob> included substantial parts of non-free on their CDs while others,
Bob> including Infomagic, ignored non-free.  Since we made the
Bob> "Official CD" available with the bo release, all CD vendors seem
Bob> to have taken the path of least resistance, and reproduced the
Bob> "Official CD" as is.

	Hey, cool. I like that. Seems like the social contract in action.

Bob> The "Official CD" is a Good Thing (TM), but this side effect is a
Bob> Bad Thing (TM).  

	What do you mean, bad thing? Are we not trying to promote free
 software?Why is it a bad thing that more and more CD vendors are
 restricting them selves to free software then? 

	I think we should not try to change this trend at all

	manoj

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