* Thomas Bushnell, BSG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030914 23:35]: > The goal I am speaking of is the goal is to make sure that everyone > who gets free software understands the rights they have and the > importance of free software. I believe this is a goal that Debian > also shares.
This is a important goal, and I share that. However, even this important goal doesn't justify the use of non-free software. (That doesn't mean that I wouldn't try everything to keep the FSF-statements in Debian, as long as we can include them (means: as long as they are free). I would even do that if I disagree with them as long as we include software from them. But this is a _moral_ thing, not a legal one. We must not legaly bind our users and take them away their rights from the SC. That I feel morally bound to not remove the political sections from the manual (but either remove nothing or software and manual) is another thing, and I would fight for their inclusion in the manuals if necessary. However, fight morally, not legally.) (Please don't see this mail as an attack on you position. Your mail just happend to be a good starting point for my replay, but it seems that we both are not too far apart.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
