On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 02:56:27PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 06:27:47 +0000, Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software > > > We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free > > software. As there are many definitions of free software, we include > > the guidelines we use to determine if software is "free" below. We > > will support our users who develop and run non-free software on > > Debian, but we will never make the system depend on an item of > > non-free software. > > > New text: > > > 1. Debian will remain 100% free > > > We promise to preserve your right to freely use, modify, and > > distribute the Debian system and all its components. We provide the > > This does not provide as strong a guarantee that Debian is > going to be entirely free. You can freely use, modify, and > distribute the Debian system and all its components, since we give > you a special license to do so (in violation of the DFSG, but hey, we > are no longer promising to adhere to the DFSG). So, you may use and > distribute it, but the people you distribute it to would have no > rights whatsoever.
<snort> Branden proposed this as being *stronger* than before. On reflection I see what went wrong. > I think the wording needs some work. Yeah, need to think about this. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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