Re: Is Debian going to support Sincere Choice?

2002-09-10 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:46:57 +0300, Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > You mean the Social Contract's last paragraph? I don't think it's Yes, sorry > In addition, our non-free section is still much more free than > the "proprietary software" referred to here. We're not distribut

Re: Is Debian going to support Sincere Choice?

2002-09-10 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:33:35 -0400, Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Sounds to me like they are against, for example, a law that forces > government agencies to use only Open Source software. They would also be > against laws that force non-govt agencies to use one form of software or >

Re: Is Debian going to support Sincere Choice?

2002-09-10 Thread Ben Collins
>Freedom to Set Policy > Individual users, businesses, and government should all be free > to set their own policies regarding what sorts of software they > will acquire and use. They should not force their policies upon > others. Sounds to me like they

Re: Is Debian going to support Sincere Choice?

2002-09-10 Thread Richard Braakman
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:37:04AM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > it seems like a nice initiative... the only 'principle' helding > me is this one: > > "We assert that Open Source and Proprietary models can be used together > effectively. A number of our companies deploy software under the