>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Rogoyski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam> Please read section 5 of the social contract. Debian is a Adam> platform for non-free software. If it were not, parts of Adam> Debian would be violation of points 5 and 6 of the Debian Adam> Free Software Guidelines, and Debian would not be able to be Adam> released as free software. It is supported in the social Adam> contract and DFSG. How would this violate the DFSG, pray tell? "No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups" So we'd discriminate against non-free software producers? I got news for you (apparently): the DFSG already does that, going by your definition. "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" We'd discriminate against "producing proprietary software"? Again, the DFSG already does that. [more confused rambling deleted] >> I do not stand for non-free software in general. Adam> Debian does, See? This is a *very* *good* reason for splitting non-free out of Debian[1], if Debian's users think that "Debian stands for non-free software". The Social Contract starts with "Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software". And the way I understand constitutions and such (and the Social Contract is a kind of "Grundgesetz"), the *order* of clauses *is* significant. Bye, J [1] It will be a split, instead of a real "we killed it", because enough people are interested in seeing non-free kept somewhere. -- Jürgen A. Erhard eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (GERMANY) 0721 27326 MARS: http://members.tripod.com/Juergen_Erhard/mars_index.html Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org) Codito, ergo sum - I code, therefore I am -- Raster
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