On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:39:17AM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: > The purpose of these ammendments is to increase the SC's resistance to > misinterpretation. I honestly disagree with the intended intrepretation > of Raul's proposals, thereby enforcing my opinion that they fall short > of their goal. This is not a slight to you, Raul, just the proposals.
I understand. I myself am not happy with every post I've made, though I'm willing to keep trying till I get it right. > I agree with Raul's assertion that Debian is a project and not "just" a > distribution. I realize this contradicts my earlier statement that > Debian, by definition is a distribution. However, it is a community > built around a distribution of software, a "collection of *.debs". I > don't believe it contradicts the idea that Debian's central goal is to > produce a quality, free, as in libre, distribution of software. Thanks. > So, let's focus on making the SC less resistant to misinterpretation. Ok: You've stated that you disagree with my intended interpretation of the SC. I believe the concept in question is that we're promising to distribute in 100% free form software systems which have been in 100% free form. In other words, I'm thinking that the SC is a promise that we won't "go commercial" relying on the number of people who are locked into our system to boost our sales. There's more to the SC than that, but I think that captures the essence of part 1 -- this includes the current subtitle, and the emphasis on the DFSG and on not making free things depend on non-free things. If you disagree with this interpretation, perhaps you could state yours? Thanks, -- Raul
