>>>>> shaleh writes: s> So is Debian to choose what to boycott? or the user?
The user. Debian simply would give them the tools to do so, by distinguishing `pure' software from the rest. What we'd have to vote on is whether we want `main' to be `pure', or to make `pure' separate. s> It seems that people will have a problem with us making the s> decision for them. Debian is already marked by many as being a s> wee off. I don't want to impose anything on people, I just want to make it easier for them to make their own decision in the matter of free vs. non-free. It is easy to choose not to care about free vs. non-free... just install `main', `contrib', and `non-free'. Currently, it is hard to choose *only* free (i.e. boycott non-free software). It involves research, and deselecting packages from main on a case-by-case basis. I'm willing to do the work to make it easier, and other people seem to like the idea, too, so it becomes a matter of policy *how* we implement it. I agree with everybody that it is a policy that should be put to a vote, since it has far-reaching political implications. What is the process for doing such a thing? Thanks for your 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/)
