On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 16:28, Raul Miller wrote: > Old: "1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software" > > If we ignore the rest of the social contract, there's two distinct > interpretations of this phrase. > > [A] Software which Debian distributes which is completely free will > remain completely free. > > [B] Debian only distributes free software and will continue distributing > only free software.
You are missing my interpretation: [C] Debian is constituted by 100% Free Software. Software that is 100% Free Software, and distributed by Debian, constitutes that which is Debian. So non-free is actually not part of Debian, but we distribute it nonetheless, as a service to our users. We may cease to provide such a service. (Ignoring as you say, the rest of the Social Contract.) cheers zen -- * Debian Enterprise: http://debian-enterprise.org/ * Homepage: http://soulsound.net/ * PGP Key: http://soulsound.net/zen.asc * Please respect the confidentiality of this email as sensibly warranted.