>>>>> "David" == David Masover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] David> Basically, by having "free" and "non-free", you lump everything David> together into "free" as in absolutely, strictly, lilly-white, David> no-strings-attached freedom, while "non-free" covers everything David> from reiser (free, as above, with the restriction that there must David> be attribution) to microsoft (you pay a huge license fee and David> basically sign away your soul). Actually, things Microsoft would most likely not even get into non-free. Things in non-free must still be freely distributable, which most Microsoft things are not. So there is "free", "non-free", and "not-even-packaged-because-we-can't- distribute-it". Also, non-free is technically not a part of Debian -- it is only maintained as a convenience to users. Putting something in non-free basically means, "we can't put this into Debian proper because it conflicts with our Social Contract, but we recognize that users may still want to use it." -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
