On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:41:29PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > 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.
Tell me again, what hardware are you running, and what licence does your BIOS have ? I seriously doubt it is free. Friendly, Sven Luther
