On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 01:44:54PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > While I understand the question, I'm not sure this is very relevant. > > Yes, Debian is about promoting the cause of free software; and yes, > actually *using* free software is a very good (first) way to promote > its cause.
I'll encourage everyone interested in these topics to read this, very influential for me, essay by Mako: Free Software Needs Free Tools http://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html Also, +1 to Paul's mail. The DPL is a rather special case. I certainly don't fancy Debian being slashdotted due to the DPL using non-free software publicly, at the very least as long as suitable Free alternatives exist. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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