On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:20 PM, The Hickeys <hick...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > How come the GNU/Linux site does not have Debian on its free distribution > list, and makes no mention of Debian at all it seems? Is this because Debian > does not adhere to the GNU/Linux "Free Software Definition"? > > Thanks, > Greg H.
Hey, See here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/common-distros.html Quote: "Debian Debian's Social Contract does say that all software in the main distribution will be free software. Unfortunately, that's not always true in practice. Debian has repeatedly made tacit or explicit exceptions for specific pieces of nonfree software, such as the blobs included in or accompanying Linux. We're still hopeful that there won't be such exceptions in the future, but we can't turn a blind eye to the situation as it stands today. Debian also provides a repository of nonfree software. According to the project, this software is “not part of the Debian system.” We understand that's important for organizational reasons, but users would be hard-pressed to make a distinction. The nonfree repositories are often featured as prominently as the main ones throughout Debian's web site, documentation, and other materials." Regards, Angus. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/996de46c1003140857g32d73bcew6d87968264a91...@mail.gmail.com