Just a heads-up guys, There is a General Resolution proposed by developer John Goerzen that is under discussion on both debian-devel and debian-project, maybe also a few others that I am not aware of. The nature of the GR is to amend the Social Contract so that Debian will stop distributing non-free packages. If the GR is passed, then Debian will no longer provide the storage, bandwidth, and bug tracking facilities for non-free packages, including acroread, blender, netscape, jdk, povray, trn, and xanim.
Now it looks likely that the GR will be able to collect the 5 sponsors necessary for it to be recognized as a formal resolution, and after two weeks of open debate, a general vote will decide how this comes out. Only developers can vote, but as this will have profound impacts to the entire project, non-developers should also pay close attention. Intense debate is already under way. Whether you are for and against the resolution, let your voice be heard. -- Chuan-kai Lin