On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 06:34:41PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 01:09:11AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Me; I would like to have a better handle on the reults of whatever > >> actions are the logical conclusion of this opinion poll -- and even > >> build upon the possible directions the project could go while we > >> are asking for peoples input. > > > Umm, that's why we have a proposal and discussion system. People > > have had plenty of time to express any opinions they might have on > > this - and I've been following them carefully, and none of them have > > said anything appreciably more meaningful than "I want to keep > > non-free" or "I want to drop non-free".
> We made a promise to users; and even called it a > ``contract''. Now we no longer want to keep that promise, so are we > going to just leave the users in the lurch, with no transition plan, > no support going forward? For people whoi seem to think that > distributing non-DFSG free software is unethical, how ethicsal is > this reneging on our promise? I'm not going to respond to that, other than to point out that it is based on the assumption that non-free is important and useful. > > If there were evidence of the existence of other significant > > opinions, sure, we could write them into the ballot. If any appear, > > we still can. But there hasn't been, and I don't buy the silent > > majority theory, since it's almost impossible to get Debian > > developers to shut up at the best of times. > > If you are unwilling to discuss issues, how can other nascent > opinions develop? I don't believe that it is necessary for people to talk to *me* before they can form opinions about things. > I like to keep my promise, is all. I am not implying, though, > that other people share my opinion, or that they should; nor am I > implying that people who want to get rid of non-free software are > breaking their promise. This is a subjective issue, and I am stating > my take on it. <shrug> Clauses 1 and 5 of the social contract are in conflict anyway. I'm not greatly concerned by moving the line. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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