<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Does this mean that you guys won't touch it?? ;) > > > Could someone tell me how decisions are made over here? > > > > Note that I'm just a cooker user/tester, but have been on the list > > for a bit, so weigh my opinion with that perspective.. > > > > Yes, that's basically what it means. It can never make it into > > the downloadable version, tho it could in theory make it into the > > boxed/shipped/paid version (but practically, would have to do > > XP/2K first, and would have to be well tested enough to be > > something worth being part of the paid-for version). That means > > this isn't the entry point you are looking for. > > And I still think the argument is not valid. We are already shipping > windows tools on the CDs which cannot be compiled with free tools > only. > > We are not debian, and since this belongs on main CD, you are at the > mercy of the developpers payed by mandrake (people here with a > mandrakesoft.com email). If one of them says its ok, it can (at some > future time) be included. If they say no, it cannot.
well, successful free software projects often use dictatorship; the debian project too as a team that reject things because of lacks of freedom or stabilizing issue, ... what a shame that free software world is not so free :-)
