On Mon, 2026-03-02 at 09:20:30 +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> writes: > >> >> What I fail to see is how the messaging about Debian Libre suggests it > >> >> is for "greater people", for your analogy to work.
> Debian Astro is more Astro-tailored than Debian. Debian Junior is more > Junior-tailored than Debian. FreedomBox is more FreedomBox-tailored > than Debian. > > "Debian Med" contains the "Med" stuff from Debian, but doesn't prevent > the non-Med parts of Debian. "Debian Edu" contains the Edu-related > stuff from Debian, but doesn't prevent the non-Edu stuff. FreedomBox > contains the FreedomBox-related stuff from Debian, but doesn't prevent > the non-FreedomBox stuff. […] > Using the same comparison, Debian Libre is more Libre-tailored than > Debian. And Debian Libre contains the Libre-related stuff from Debian, > but doesn't prevent the non-libre stuff. I think what people have tried to convey is that "Libre" in this context is a qualitative adjective? While the other blends use other types of adjectives? Perhaps to try to exemplify this, I guess people are perceiving that this would be equivalent to have a blend that is named for example "Debian Unbroken" (which would imply that stock Debian is "Broken", while "Astro"/"Med"/"Edu"/etc do not convey any quality (and their opposite to it). HTH, Guillem
