Re: Should the Debian system distribution be entirely Free Software?

2004-03-30 Thread Martin Albert
>> Are there going to be endless arguments about each of these points? > That question sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy... No, any number of DDs voted for 'No further discussion' on debian lists through people, that fail to understand (and so possibly unknowingly, lie) that 'not DFSG free'

Re: Should the Debian system distribution be entirely Free Software?

2004-03-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 10:22:32PM -0500, Evan Prodromou wrote: > > "SB" == Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Or perhaps they are simply a loud and annoying minority, which > >> is what I suspect. > > SB> Minorities are always annoying. > > The worst part bei

Re: Should the Debian system distribution be entirely Free Software?

2004-03-29 Thread Evan Prodromou
> "SB" == Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Or perhaps they are simply a loud and annoying minority, which >> is what I suspect. SB> Minorities are always annoying. The worst part being that they're usually right. ~ESP -- Evan Prodromou [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Should the Debian system distribution be entirely Free Software?

2004-03-29 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Monday 29 March 2004, at 5 h 24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathanael Nerode) wrote: > Or perhaps they are simply a loud and annoying minority, which is what I > suspect. Minorities are always annoying.

Re: Should the Debian system distribution be entirely Free Software?

2004-03-29 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 05:24:07AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Are there going to be endless arguments about each of these points? That question sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy... -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.

Should the Debian system distribution be entirely Free Software?

2004-03-29 Thread Nathanael Nerode
I think so. That's what the Social Contract says. However, there seem to be an awful lot of people who disagree. (Some of them even seem to think that the Social Contract says something different, although I simply can't see any basis for that.) Perhaps you think the Debian system distribution,