Hi,
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marcus> Hello,
Marcus> On Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 10:30:55AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> However, the essential package that provides
>> /usr/doc/copyright caould well live in the verbatim section. We
>> should not compromise on our free license stance any more than we
>> compromise on our free software stance.
Marcus> Do you want to do this for the copyright licenses in the
Marcus> base-files only? What about all the other copyrights (XFree,
Marcus> Universities...), do you, and if yes, why do you want to
Marcus> treat them differently?
Oh, I was swayed by your arguments. Am I wrong? Are you
proposing we rip packages and split them into main and verbatim
parts, with the main part depending on the verbatim part?
In view of your message, I think I may have been wrong in
allowing myself to be swayed by your arguments that this was indeed
unnecesary to be that strict about evil immutable licenses.
Hoever, your current message has made me see the light
again. Death to all enemies of the people! Down with evil
licenses. Out with non-free software! Out, I say!
Now, if you do not keep throwing my lack of spine in my face,
I shall be willing to compromise a bit on the evil immutable licenses
issue. You keep forcing it, and I shall really have to decide whether
or not to take a stand on this.
Don't force the issue, Marcus, and we'll let go of this for
the moment. (Not that my standing alone on the high moral ground
shall achive anything, since others in the list are more pragmatic
[thank the lord] than I about this).
As I said before, we do what we can. We shall try and make
main as modifyable and fere as posible. Splitting each package does
seem over the top.
manoj
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