Jacob Hallén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The first paragraph of the SC is a lie!
I wasn't lying when I agreed to that. It's a promise, a measure to stive for. I will concede that we're currently not meeting that promise, but that doesn't make it a lie. > Debian is not 100% free software, and it never has been. Indeed. Those instances where it's not free are bugs to be fixed. > 1. The SC states that the goals of Debian is to promote the general > use if free software and that whenever a decision is made, the > choice that maximses the use and promulgation of free software will > be taken. Does it? I think it states rather that the choice that maximises conformance with the promises in the social contract will be taken. > This implies that non-free software (firmware, documentation) may at > times be part of the Debian offering, because the alternatives would > harm the spread of free software. I don't think “the spread of free software” is a concern in the social contract. > 2. The SC states that the goals of Debian is to produce a totally > free software distribution. > > This implies that practicality for users is not a concern and that > Debian is produced for a select few, who get to live in full > freedom. What utter tosh. You may perceive that, but it's nowhere to be found in the document. -- \ “Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in | `\ choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.” —John | _o__) Kenneth Galbraith, 1962-03-02 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]