Raul Miller wrote: > On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 05:19:40PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote: > > For Debian to be "100% Free Software", it first must be "100% Software", > > right? > > > > I'm entirely willing to be educated where I'm wrong. > > If Debian is 100% software, does that mean developers can't be a part of > Debian? What about mirror servers? What about mailing lists? What about > passwords? What about licenses? What about printed materials? etc. > Are these not parts of Debian? Are they 100% software? > > One issue here is that "Debian" is an adjective, and you have to dub > in the noun. If that noun is "Software", you get a different meaning > than if that noun is "Copyrighted Works". As it happens, the updated > social contract uses the noun "System" -- a somewhat ambiguous noun, > but to some degree that ambiguity is good because it lets us branch out > into new things (new distributions for new architectures, most likely).
Except that you are then ignoring the clarifying text in the Social Contract, which states: We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free software. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Cheers, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
