Re: Dissatisfied w/Debian? Make something 'pure'.
Since people seem incapable of discussing this on the correct list,
here is my idea, reposted from -project, which seems a much better
compromise than all this stupid willy-waving:
If people really want to do something useful, which will show in a
practical way that we can do without non-free software, why don't
you take all of the programs in non-free, and make a hit list.
Examine them and see if there is a free replacement that is every
bit as good as the original. If so, maybe that program doesn't
need to be in Debian any longer. If not, you have a bit of *real*
work to do to help out the free software effort, which will result
in real benefits, not just mailing-list wanking. This is a
workable idea that will have real results, and piss off a lot less
people.
Ciao,
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