On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 03:18:05PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > I think we differ in where we draw the line, and that is > > essentially opinion. What do others on the policy list think? > > Hello, > > I want to add here that it may be essentially opinion, but it is worth to > note that this opinion has a big impact on our main distribution. > > We have promised an entirely free distribution, and that we give back to the > community. [opinion: it is my opininon that we can give back better when we > are allowed to improve standards.] So, if we put any non-dfsg-free components > in main, the result will be quite different from that what we call Debian > at the moment. >
I find marcus' arguments valid. And, for me, the conclusion is that these documents do not belong in main. If someone else wishes to propose a new 'tag' (I already suggested debian-art, but perhaps debian-doc, although that conflicts with a packagename) which has the meaning 'Distributable but not modifiable documentation', and is also on our CDs, then I would probably second that proposal. But I still object to something non-free in main. No matter how well you can justify why it should be non-free, I do not see why it should be in main. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
