On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 11:36:48AM -0700, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Travis Crump wrote: > <...> > > There is a long long ongoing debate in debian-devel[1] on this. Please > > don't start another debate here. > > This seems like the proper place for a discussion, they are wanting to > change the Social Contract, and we are the society they have the > contract with. > > I'm worried that if Debian totally ignores the non-free software > world, it will ignore Debian.
Just to give my 2cents worth, this is exactly my worry, that one of the
last few bastions of *free* software will cave in to weak users
and a nasty general attitude. Being free does not mean that everything
is easy, it means that all choices you make are *yours*, and not
somebody elses. This might seem like difficult concept to grasp for a lot
of people, but being free is hard work.
> I think a much better solution would be for Debian to find a
> multi-national commercial partner to take over non-free before it
> gets dumped... maybe HP.
This is a typical _drone_ argument. There is no such thing as a
multi-national corporation that works for the public good. Trust me, I
work for one of 'em. The best solution for Debian is to completely drop
"non-free" and let the control freaks fight it out amongst themselves.
And just to satisfy my curiosity, why is HP so especially suited to
take on the task of maintaining "non-free"?
>
> - Bruce
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