On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 22:46, Andreas Barth wrote: > * 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.
That "old argument" just got stronger for some of us... zen
