Bas Wijnen wrote:
[...]
> I very much value (in GNU's words) "The freedom to study how the program
> works, and adapt it to your needs". Therefore none of my sources.lists have
> contrib in them. I don't want to use a program, just to find that I cannot
> reasonably modify it when I feel the need
Hi,
While completely off-topic (at least for -mentors), I still feel the need to
respond to this.
The DFSG defines what free software is. An important freedom (IMO) is #3, the
freedom to modify the program and distribute modifications.
However, this freedom is pretty useless (to people who want
On 8/7/05, Philipp Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the case of zsnes its practical function is to emulate a SNES
> console, with all its hardware. It supports this completely without any
> non-free data. It's only that most data for practical use is non-free.
>
> Take Wine. It emulates the W
Henning Makholm wrote:
A program in main must not only be able to run and avoid crashing
without non-free (or hypothetical) support data; it must also at least
be able to perform to a reasonable degree whatever is its main
practical function. A set of dummy data whose only practical function
is t
Scripsit Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 06:07:19PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
>> I still disagree as zsnes does not *require* non-free ROMs. One could
>> write a free ROM, and one presenting the Debian logo is provided. It
>> does not depend on any non-free syste
Scripsit Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Henning Makholm wrote:
>> it might be argued that by making the swirl blue and turning it
>> such that it invokes an the idea of an "e", it is not anymore
>> sufficiently confusable with Debian's logo that the trademark is
>> violated.
> You don't t
Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>Henning Makholm wrote:
>
>
>>>On the other hand, it is difficult to imagine that the Elektrostore
>>>swirl is independently created starting from a straight brush stroke.
>
>
>>Now, Debian really ought to be complaining
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