Re: Is Debian going to support Sincere Choice?

2002-09-11 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 19:30, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: Em Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:46:57 +0300, Richard Braakman [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: their policies is deprecated here? If I say, I will only work for organizations that endorse free software, would I be in conflict with this

Is Debian going to support Sincere Choice?

2002-09-10 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hello, I found no discussions on this topic I just came through... You may find information about Sincere Choice here: http://www.sincerechoice.com/ 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

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 GPL

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 are

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 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 distributing