Re: [PROPOSED] Change package relations policy to remove references to non-free from main
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:
Raul> (a) The package should recommend a virtual package which has a free instance.
Raul> (b) The package should be in contrib.
Raul> (c) The reverse link should be represented using enhances.
Raul> Yeah, I recognize that (a) involves real work, and that (b) and
Raul> (c) might annoy some people who want things to stay the way
Raul> they have been.
Actually, that (a) may not exist.
Raul> But I think classifying all such relationships into one of
Raul> these categories is good from the social contract point of
Raul> view.
That happens to be your interpretation of the social
contract. I see the packages in main to be absolutely free
(fulfilling the social contract about 100% free distribution) while
retaining the freedom to talk about other packages that are not fee
(again fulfilling the social contract, as in supporting our users use
of non-free stuff, amongst other things.
I would say this muzzling of free packages is a restricvtion
on the freedom of Debian that I oppose.
The solution is not to show the relationship to people who do
not want to hear about it. Not to censor the packages in order to
impose a particular religious viewpoint.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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