On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:16:42PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > > Sorry, I don't believe that we're boxed in yet. Even meeting a brick > wall just means the route became very steep or longer. You mention > possible actions to fix it, which are hard, but that doesn't mean it's > not worth trying them. I think there are other possible ones, but you > dismissed them previously.
Hard and possibly illegal. > >And having a separate non-free.org archive will only give these people > >reason, and be a reversal for the proponent of non-free software. > > I don't understand this. They would say : why should i care about freing the code, since i can upload those binary only drivers to non-free.org, and all the users i care about will be able to use it, i have no intention to take care of a small minority who doesn't run x86. They clearly said that nothing below 150 000 units monthly would be worth of their notice. Currently we have non-free, but we clearly state that it is something to be shuned, and i guess most non-free maintainers are ashamed to work on non-free stuff, and wish nothing more than freeing said code, or being able to use a free alternative. At least those who trully believe in our SC and on all what debian stands for do. Now, if we have a officialy recognized and respected non-free.org, you see how this will change. Friendly, Sven Luther
