On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 02:46:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The first notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to > > do whatever we want with it. > > > > The second notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to > > adapt it to various needs and to improve it. > > This is a false dilemma, of course. > > Moreover, if by "various needs" you mean an unspecified list, then > these are the same. If you mean some specified list, then it is clear > no such list exists at present in Debian, for you cannot point to any > record of what is on the list and what is not.
I do not place limitations on "various needs". Any modification that is not just subjective wish but serves some practical purpose is desirable. > What thoroughly disgusts me here is the following history: > > [ .. long history reminder skipped ... ] If you call me "beer" I am going to accept this as personal insult. You can see from the voting archives that I voted for the complete removal of non-free. You can also see that the main "toad" (the one who proposed to keep non-free) is also the author of the current proposal that GFDL is non-free. So your analogy is not well-founded. > So, Anton, the developers *have*, in fact, voted on this very question > twice already. Give it a rest. They have not. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]