On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:44:59 +0000, Brian M Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> El mié, 17-11-2004 a las 19:27 +0000, Brian M. Carlson escribió: >> >> [...] >>> > Without wishing to start/take part in a huge flamewar didn't >>> > we have >>> > a vote and agree to leave such documentation issues until after >>> > Sarge's release? >>> > >>> > Here's the result I'm thinking of: >>> > >>> > http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004 >>> >>> No, you agreed to revert the Social Contract to its previous >>> wording, IIRC. The Social Contract as currently worded (with that >>> vote in consideration) states that "Debian Will Remain 100% Free >>> Software". debian-legal interprets that to mean that (and please >>> correct me if I am misstating the consensus) the Debian >>> distribution must consist completely of free software. So if it >>> is not software or it is not free, then it would not be qualified >>> to be in the Debian distribution. >> >> And documentation is not software. > Have you heard of the Lisp HTML program? Which is it, documentation > or software? Both. manoj -- Alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine are weak dilutions. The surest poison is time. -- Emerson, "Society and Solitude" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
