Re: [Fsf-Debian] gap assessment

2012-12-01 Thread Karl Goetz
On Fri, 30 Nov 2012, 11:16:23 LHST, k...@ninthfloor.org wrote: Osamu Aoki os...@debian.org wrote: Hi, Before discussing what action to take etc., let's make an gap analysis between FSF thought on FREE SYSTEM DISTRIBUTON and current Debian by going back to Guidelines for Free System

Re: [Fsf-Debian] few arguments to FSF

2012-08-11 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012, 23:37:23 EST, Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 09:05:26AM +1000, Karl Goetz wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:56:27PM +1000, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: However let's not forget about some multimedia content there which

Re: [Fsf-Debian] few arguments to FSF

2012-08-11 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012, 18:24:13 EST, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nl wrote: Op 11-08-12 00:56, Karl Goetz schreef: I don't agree that it's important at all - unless the Debian project distances itself *completely* from nonfree.org. Hmm. Does gNewSense distances itself

Re: [Fsf-Debian] No response?

2012-08-06 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon,  6 Aug 2012, 18:22:07 EST, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nl wrote: Op 06-08-12 00:22, Karl Goetz schreef: On Sun,  5 Aug 2012, 23:04:20 EST, Paul van der Vlis p...@vandervlis.nl mailto:p...@vandervlis.nl wrote: I think this is all possible, except the point about

Re: [Fsf-Debian] The question behind the questions [was No response?]

2012-08-04 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun,  5 Aug 2012, 14:19:18 EST, Bryan Baldwin br...@katofiad.co.nz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/05/2012 03:05 PM, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: There aren't any non-free packages in Debian, silly! Please ask a question that makes sense. Its not worthy

Re: [Fsf-Debian] Clarifying Debian Policy

2012-07-25 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012, 02:19:48 EST, Clint Adams cl...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 09:11:21AM +1000, Karl Goetz wrote: Only applies to those listed. There was discusion on deb dev in the last week about making sure free alternative was used by default but i forget which thread

Re: [Fsf-Debian] Getting this party started.

2012-07-24 Thread Karl Goetz
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, 03:59:34 EST, Grant H. sirgr...@member.fsf.org wrote: We can use: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines I dont think duplicating the list into more wikis will be useful. Rather, the existing bug lists

Re: [Fsf-Debian] Clarifying Debian Policy

2012-07-24 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, 02:31:57 EST, Jason Self ja...@bluehome.net wrote: I'm hoping that someone could clarify Debian policy for me? I see that section 2.2.1 of Debian policy [1] indicates that a package in main must not recommend a package outside of main. Does this only apply to the