On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Thomas Schoepf wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Wichert Akkerman - Debian project leader wrote:
>
> > 1) create nonfree.debian.org domain
>
> I thinks that's even not clear enough, because the "debian.org" part makes
> it somehow official again.
> Personally, I would prefer "unofficial.debian.org".
I like this idea.
> Even those who know nothing about the Debian Social Contract should know
> what that means.
unofficial.debian.org depoliticizes the split somewhat. I feel this is a
"good thing" though not everyone would agree, I am sure. Furthermore it
solves the sticky problem of lumping contrib in with non-free on this
site. Both are unofficial, i.e. not part of "main". But both are not
non-free.
I only have one problem with "unofficial". People are used to unofficial
(beta) releases of software being the "good stuff" ... the latest-and-
greatest-with-all-the-bells-and-whistles. I don't think this is the
message we want to send. So I'm kind of on the fence as to whether
"nonfree" or "unofficial" would be better because of this.
Ben
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