On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:41:02AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Reasons for not to expel non-free: > > (1) size of non-free section has no practical impact to over all > archive size (<<3%) No real financial damage. > See Susan's post Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > (6) Flame war on this issue is waist of energy. We will win > non-free war by writing better free code (OpenSSH and GPG as good > example). >
And please let me add (7) By making non-free software harder for Debian users to get, use and maintain, we will only be lessening the number of people who choose to start using debian. Currently we offer a completely free solution for those that want it, along with a less free system that can be had after a slight modification. This allows us to be inclusive of newcomers who are not yet weaned off of their free software, but may be as they learn more about Debian. I think that being more restrictive would just mean having fewer users, who in turn result in fewer developers, over time. People need a way to be introduced to free software. michael -- michael cardenas | lead software engineer, lindows.com hyperpoem.net | GNU/Linux software developer people.debian.org/~mbc | encrypted email preferred "Each something is a celebration of the nothing that supports it." - John Cage
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