[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathanael Nerode) writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >>If it comes down to "the driver, on its own, would not be acceptable for >>main because it is not functional; but as a practical matter, we allow >>it aggregated with the rest of the kernel because splitting individual >>drivers into contrib is a pain for everyone involved and not worth the >>theoretical benefits", I can live with that. > > Yes, yes! Let me say that this is precisely what I think. > >>"contrib" exists for software which is free but fails SC#1, "we will never >>make the system depend on an item of non-free software". Moving something >>from contrib to main that does, in fact, depend on such an item is a pretty >>basic violation of Debian's principles. > > Suppose the thing being moved is not a vital part of the system. Then, > although the item being moved depends on non-free software, does the > *system* really depend on it? > > Then it pretty much comes down to what you said above. > :-) > > -- > This space intentionally left blank.
You misquoted. That wasn't me. MfG Goswin