Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 02:37:34PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > It is not Debian's job to help you with everything in your life that > > you want to volunteer for. Debian has a purpose, and I seek to > > clarify what that purpose is. > > Its purpose is to create a first class free operating system, and > support the users of that operating system. We currently do that by > doing everything we can to support users needs; even if that means > distributing non-free software. Those concepts are explained in both the > social contract and the constitution, and aren't particularly ambiguous.
I'm a little unclear on how a "first class free operating system" can be non-free. I guess that's the central problem here. > You're seeking to _change_ how we go about that purpose, not clarify > anything. There's nothing immoral in that, and in particular there's no > need to pretend otherwise. Sure, there is no confusion here that the proposal I'm arguing for includes an amendment to the social contract. I am undecided about whether that amendment is necessary to the other part of the proposal. Thomas
