On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 03:09:30AM +0200, Christophe TROESTLER wrote: > > So, if the phrase "Does Debian distribute non-free software or not?" > > means "The Debian Project makes accessible the non-free packages ?", > > then answer is Yes. But if it means "The Official Debian System > > includes the non-free softwares ?" then answer is No. > > Thanks for your words. I also think that outcasting non-free is not > the way to go. Even if we would all like to see more free software, I > believe we must also be tolerant to non-free. The better is not to > kick out non-free but to say: here you have non-free if you want, but > look here, you have a so much better free software...! The choice > will then be obvious -- no need to use any force...
Double standards are damned fun! "Does Debian include non-free software?" "Well that depends ... Debian doesn't officially provide non-free, no." "Unofficially?" "It's all there, waiting for you." "Cool." So much for "The truly free distribution". -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key 1024D/DCF9DAB3 Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org/) 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC The QuakeForge Project (http://quakeforge.net/) 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
