Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] We also > disagree about Debian's practice of distributing and recommending > non-free software.
I'm sorry, but can you justify this statement, please? For part of Debian to recommend non-free software is a breach of policy, which says that Debian packages:-- must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main package, (from http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-pkgcopyright) "main packages" are the only things that are part of Debian. If Debian has Recommends for a non-free software, then it is a bug and must be corrected. As to the Debian infrastructure being used to distribute non-free software, I sympathise and hope that will be changed eventually. I would not be effective if I tried to do so now. Regardless, this is unrelated to FDL, except that some FDL works will probably be using that same infrastructure for distributing non-free software, unless something changes. -- MJR http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is my home web site. This for Jabber Messaging. How's my writing? Let me know via any of my contact details.
