On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:03:19PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > 2. Would removing the specifications around wich large parts of our > > system are based benefit our users? Free Software? > > No. Would it harm them? Not really. Including them, or not, does not > have a significant effect on either.
Yes, it would: sticking solidly to our principles benefits users. Putting non-free items in Debian chips away at our principles and paves the way for more concessions to non-freeness. Don't let the Social Contract and the DFSG go the way of the US Constitution. -- Glenn Maynard