Re: Git Packaging Round 2: SHOULD Not or MUSt NOT Github
On 9/14/19 12:51 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 9/12/19 2:47 PM, Sam Hartman wrote:
>> 1) there are significant problems we'd run into if we forbid non-free tools in
>> Debian work
>
> Sorry, WHAAAT ? That's shocking to read this from the DPL.
> Are you sure you didn't do a mistake in this sentence?
>
> There's absolutely no problem within the Debian project to forbid using
> non-free software. That's what I've signed-up for (ie: "debian will
> remain 100% free", aka the FIRST LINE of the social contract), and what
> I want, and I'm sure the vast majority of DDs agree.
That is bullshit. No modern server hardware runs with free software
only. And even for a lot of laptops/computers you need some non-free
firmware blobs. And if not, you still have the bios, which is - in most
cases - not free software. And you want to have microcode updates. And
firmware updates for your networking/fc hardware. And you want to be
able to manage your server hardware.
Forbidding non-free tools for Debian work makes Debian and supporting
Debian impossible.
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Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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