[I think my mail entitled `pure' got lost in the shuffle. Otherwise, why has nobody commented on it? I think it's the way to end the flame war. Here it is again:]
>>>>> Branden Robinson writes: BR> Anyway, my suggestion (which wasn't even a policy proposal, BR> you'll note) is withdrawn. I haven't said anything up to now because I thought you and James have been doing a good job of explaining your suggestion. Please don't withdraw it now. Allow me to make another attempt at explaining your suggestion, this time using different words that I think everybody will understand: Proprietary protocols are a problem. Let's create a new distribution to set apart the packages that can work just as well (or better) when connected to a network that uses only free software (say an intranet that runs only Debian GNU `main'). Free ICQ clients fail this requirement, because on such a network, there wouldn't be any servers, so it would be silly to claim that they work ``just as well''. distribution goodness/freedom rating ------------ ----------------------- pure 100.0% (entirely standalone) main 99.7% (talks to the enemy) contrib 50.0% (breeds with the enemy) non-free 0.1% (hell, at least it's *software*) Maybe a better name for `pure' would be `holy', which simply means `set apart.' ;) Comments? -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
