On Wed, 07 Jan 2004, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > > > the fact that modified versions can not be redistributed > > > > > really makes NO PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE to anyone at all. > > you are no worse off due to the existence of these non-free data > sets.
Their existence or non-existence is not the point at issue here. You claimed that an modifiability of a data set makes no practical difference to anyone. The examples I gave are quite clearly cases where the inability to modify makes a practical difference to me or others. > > We're discussing whether or not Debian should distribute works > > that are not DFSG free, not whether we should allow our users to > > use works that are non DFSG free. > > please stop pretending that there are no practical consequences to > this. We can discuss the practical consequences, but claiming that we will stop our users from using non-free works is absurd. You can rightly claim that we will make it more difficult for our users to use non-free works and wax poetic on the number of man hours necessary to add an appropriate source line to /etc/apt/sources.list, but to say that we are inflicting our ideological choices on others by refraining from distributing software that conflicts with our own guidelines or subjects us to legal quandaries remains absurd. Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/archives/batch20.php http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
