Mathieu Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - Several persons of Debian stated on that list that they would drop > any political text of GNU in GNU packages they may maintain.
Not "any political text" and not just "of GNU" nor just "in GNU packages", but any non-free content in any packages, regardless of origin. It's just a sad fact that the GNU packages are the ones with the most prominent such text. > - But even if Debian do not drop the GNU > political/philosophical/... texts from the packages, what will do > the other distro, way more popular than Debian, which does not > even recognize the collection of software they ship as GNU/Linux? They probably don't have as strong principles regarding the freedoms granted to their users regarding _everything_ they receive and thus aren't bothered by shipping non-modifiable political texts, whether from GNU or anyone else. -- ilmari
