On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote:
Hello, OOPS - I did not mean to start a flame war. May I give a little more context to my original post? I will use the Debian packages when I can. If xv doesn't come with Debian, maybe I will use a substitue if it is as functional, or close. However there are packages like netpbm which, to my knowledge cannot be replaced. If this package was not available as a debian package, I would have to go with another distribution or hunt the net for the tarball and compile it. However, netpbm is available from debian.org, so I will download it. A pain since I have a bad connection. I hope you continue to support packages like xv and netpbm. I think there are too many good packages out there for the freeware community to ignore. If you support them please make them as easily accessible as possible. As I said before I, and I am sure others, will use ultra-free software before the semi-free software, and commercial software as a last resort. King Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi, > > >>"Bob" == Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Bob> I would like to see someone come up with a way to persuade > > Bob> vendors to include as much of non-free as possible, while still > > Bob> issuing the "Official CD". > > > > I object quite strongly. This seems to go against the spirit > > of the Social contract; we in fact prefer free software over similar > > (even possibly superiro non-free software). > > > > Bob> One possibility is to include the > > Bob> non-free directory in the "Official CD" image, and point the > > Bob> vendors to a statement similar to that in the Social Contract. > > > > The Non-free stuff is not part of Debian, and should not be on > > the official CD. > > > > Any such move would dilute the perceived adherence to the DFSG > > and the social contract. > > It sounds like you are advocating removal of paragraph 5. of the > Social Contract. Perhaps a proposal to modify the Social Contract is > in order. > > Bob > -- > _ > |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
