[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > On Nov 17, "Brian M. Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is of course understood. But one could always upload to >> unstable, AIUI. I am trying to *improve* the quality of the >> distribution, not decrease it. The sentence was meant to stress to > I'd say that it's not obvious at all how removing crucial documentation > because some people do not like its license will help the distribution > and/or the cause of free software.
I don't like a lot of licenses, specifically those that are confusing and long and contain an "Exhibit A", because they are hard to read and understand. But that does not make them *non-free*. What I have a specific objection to in this case is the fact that the license is non-free, not that it is long, or confusing. You are using a strawman example by distorting my position. What will help the cause of free software is if we refuse to compromise on freedom within the Debian distribution. That is, in my opinion, the best thing for the users and for the distribution. And furthermore, in my bugs, I am offering a possibility to move the documentation to non-free. That may be removing it from the distribution, but it will still exist and be apt-get'able.
