On Mon, 24 May, 1999, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 24-May-99, 12:59 (CDT), Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> wrote: > > Why does Debian only accept free software? What is so good about free > > software? It is all explained in this package. > > There are other reasons that free software is good (e.g. the ESR > utilitarian arguments). Some Debianers might agree with one philosophy, > others another. If you're going to package one, and the justification is > as above, then you need to package summaries of all the reasons. And if you want to you can package the ESR view point and upload it. > > I think it is important for an explanation of the benefits of free software > > to be included in Debian. > > A: The Debian web pages ought to do that. > > B: Aren't the Social Contract and DFSG already included? If so, then you > might try to convince that package maintainer to include the GNU stuff. (If > the DFSG and SC aren't included, why not?) Why should they include the GNU view of free software when there are others around? -- I consume, therefore I am
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