Hi,
>>"Bob" == Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bob> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The "Official CD"
>> I think we should not try to change this trend at all
Bob> It is bad because it is contrary to section 5. of the Social
Bob> Contract "We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of
Bob> software packages in these directories and determine if they can
Bob> distribute that software on their CDs."
Have I ever said we remove non-free software? Have I ever
said we tell CD vendors not to include it? They are free to look at
things and include it if they wish. I have no desire to see debina
incurr legal liability just because CD vendors blindly copy what we
give them, and we gave them things that were not distributable. Are
you volunteering personal liability, and pledging to indemnify debian
against all possible legal problems? (I do not even know if that is
possible)
Bob> For the same reasons that we include non-free programs in the
Bob> archives, we should endeavor to make them available to those
Bob> users who can not obtain them by ftp (lack of net access,
Bob> exorbitant on-line or telephone rates, etc.).
There are CD vendors who provide non-free on request. We, as
Debian, do not have to go out of our way to promote non-free software.
BTW, feel free to start a commercial/non-free distribution
based on Debian.
manoj
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