On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 09:26:11PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > That said, you say : > > Additionally, we will work to provide free alternatives to > non-free software so people who using only free software can work > with users of non-free software. > > Which means moslty the same as what i propose, mmm, maybe there is > something not so clear here. I don't like the turn of this phrase, maybe > it should be "people who use only free software" or something such ?
Thanks, I'll fix the grammar. > Also, this means that we will provide free alternatives, which is a bit > more but also a bit less than what i propose. In my proposal the free > alternatives could well not be packaged (yet). But on the same time, my > proposal will not only make us provide free alternatives, but also we > will commit to providing a current status information of what the free > alternative are, and where they stand in functionality with regard to > the non-free package. Other details of my proposal are maybe best left > to technical details. Mine doesn't say when the free alternatives will be available. It can't -- that wouldn't make sense. My proposal also doesn't mandate any specific tracking of those alternatives, but that wouldn't prevent us from implementing some sort of tracking. Thanks, -- Raul
