* Simon Law ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040304 12:40]: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 10:22:00AM +0100, Massimo Coletti wrote: > > Removing the non-free section will narrow the perspective of the Linux > > world offered by Debian, and somehow limit a degree of freedom currently > > available for Debian users. > > > > Cutting away non-free software may apper as a revamp of old > > brand-protection policy used often by many software wendors (I don't > > know if you ever heard of a software house that produces a GUI-based > > operating systems, and some software based on it, and a package - SMS - > > useful to distribute software, but ONLY if crafted by the same company...). > > Massimo has demonstrated why we _must_ eventually remove > non-free from our archives. Users actually think that non-free is a > part of Debian GNU/Linux. It may not be de jure, but it certainly is in > their minds.
That's an old argument, and it's not going to be more true just because it is repeated. Most users _can_ make the difference between Debian and non-free. And some users would not be able to see that non-free is not part of Debian even if it is on another server etc. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
