On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 07:30:48PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote: > On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 17:54, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > > The thing I want say is: Debian is about free software, IMHO we should > > not have such a prominent sponser promoting non-free > > software. Especially as we probably don't need it. > > Jeroen, please calm down. I admit that while the registration page > could have been a bit more tasteful (i.e. less blatant advertising), it > would be a very bad idea for us to refuse their sponsorship. Debian has > been accepting donations from proprietary software companies for a long > time. We should thank them for their donation, and continue our work.
We should not advertise directly or indirectly non-free software. I don't say we should refuse their sponsership totally, but if they provide hosting on non-free software I think that is a valid reason to refuse it. Same goes for the adverising link, actually the URL of the debconf 2 registration already advertised lindows. > It's also probably worth pointing out, as you seem to see yourself as > "the Dutch RMS" You should learn to read, I've never said that. I only said that some people call me like that on IRC. > that the Free Software Foundation also accepts > donations from proprietary software companies: > > http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2002supporters.html But they don't run proprietary software on their server and they don't advertise the non-free software of those software companies. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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