On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:14:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:18:30AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:18:38PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Well, no. If the issue was resolving confusion, we could just say "main > > > is 100% DFSG-free software; non-free isn't; both are part of the project; > > > we distribute both" and rewrite any confusing or misleading claims we > > > make elsewhere. > > I don't think it's a problem with wording or anything. We could write > > NON-FREE IS NOT PART OF DEBIAN with <blink> tags on www.debian.org, and > > some people would still think it is when they come across > > /debian/pool/non-free. > > Yes, that's because "NON-FREE IS NOT PART OF DEBIAN" is a confusing and > misleading claim, when Debian as a project distributes non-free software. > > "non-free is not a part of Debian's main distribution" on the otherhand > isn't.
Yeah, I noticed that problem, but forgot to fish the mail out of the queue before sending the others, sorry. What about '*the* Debian Distribution'? Would you consider non-free as being part of that? (As opposed to 'Debian's main distribution') cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
