On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 10:29:35AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thursday 24 March 2005 03:40, Theodore Ts'o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the free software fanatics succeed in kicking non-free from being > > supported by Debian assets, such that the FSF documentation were no > > longer available, I'd probably end up agreeing with you and probably > > would do what you are considering to do after sarge ships. > > > > If it would help, I'd ask you to reconsider. If all the reasonable > > moderates leave, then all that will be left will be the extremists. > > Of course an option is always to fork the project. Maybe it's time to have a > Debian project that focusses on getting software released as opposed to the > Debian that wants to be fanatic.
"Some would say that this has already happened". Not a fork, per se, but Ubuntu's licencing policy (and the general level-headedness of the people I know who are deeply involved in it) suggests that it may be the refuge you seek. - Matt
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