On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:20:42 +0100, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> El mié, 17-11-2004 a las 19:27 +0000, Brian M. Carlson escribió: > [...] >> > Without wishing to start/take part in a huge flamewar didn't we >> > have >> > a vote and agree to leave such documentation issues until after >> > Sarge's release? >> > >> > Here's the result I'm thinking of: >> > >> > http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004 >> >> No, you agreed to revert the Social Contract to its previous >> wording, IIRC. The Social Contract as currently worded (with that >> vote in consideration) states that "Debian Will Remain 100% Free >> Software". debian-legal interprets that to mean that (and please >> correct me if I am misstating the consensus) the Debian >> distribution must consist completely of free software. So if it is >> not software or it is not free, then it would not be qualified to >> be in the Debian distribution. > And documentation is not software. Say what? It sure as hell ain't hardware. And, between software, hardware, and wetware, stuff shipped in Debian is software. manoj -- The memory management on the PowerPC can be used to frighten small children. Linus Torvalds Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C