Re: on firmware and freedom

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Branden Robinson wrote: >> Serendipitously, under Steve's proposed GR, the following might not ever >> have been necessary: >> >> Package: freedoom >> >> ...as we could just distribute the original proprietary WAD files by iD >> software in main. >

Re: on firmware and freedom

2006-08-24 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Serendipitously, under Steve's proposed GR, the following might not ever have >been necessary: > >Package: freedoom It would still have been useful, since the doom-wad-shareware package is in non-free and is going to stay there no matter the outcome of the GR. It would he

Re: on firmware and freedom

2006-08-24 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Branden Robinson wrote: > Serendipitously, under Steve's proposed GR, the following might not ever have > been necessary: > > Package: freedoom > > ...as we could just distribute the original proprietary WAD files by iD > software in main. This is wrong. Steve's GR only allo

Re: on firmware and freedom

2006-08-24 Thread Branden Robinson
Hmm, note to self: mutt doesn't send the Subject: header to ispell... On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 03:01:51AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > Rather than contributing directly to the current discussion on what types > of bitstreams we should or not not apply our definition of "Free Software" > to, I t