E L Tonkin (2001-07-06 14:56:54 +0100) : > It was decided following a recent FSF(E) discussion to produce a list of > some of the major GNU/Linux distributions. This list is intended to > compare the distributions with respect to their position on free software > and how that gets translated into the distribution itself. This decision > was made following Caldera's recent changes in policy on the subject of > licensing.
[...] > So here's the plan: each of the major distributions volunteers somebody to > represent them on this subject and get in touch with us. We're setting up > a mailing list to subscribe these volunteers to - it'll be private or at > least unadvertised since, whilst we appreciate all the help we can get, we > don't want to drown in pointless discussions (RMS suggested that). I would gladly recognise that I'm much more of a "Debian maintainer" than a "Debian developer", and thus I might not be very legitimate to answer some of the questions. Yet I hereby volunteer to be volunteered as described above. It will give me a good occasion to look into the innards of Debian a bit more than I have until now. I'm afraid I cannot GPG-sign this message (laptop, see signature), but if need be I can repost it in a few days when back home. Roland. -- Roland Mas Currently in Bordeaux for the Debian Conference One and the second Libre Software Meeting.
