Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-16 Thread Marek Habersack
** On Jun 16, John Goerzen scribbled: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Habersack) writes: > > > ** On Jun 13, John Goerzen scribbled: > > > > [snip] > > > > facts I outlined are true, then the GR doesn't make sense at all! ANd > > > > that's > > > > > > Why? Why does it not make sense to remove the

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-16 Thread Marek Habersack
** On Jun 16, John Goerzen scribbled: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Habersack) writes: > > > ** On Jun 13, John Goerzen scribbled: > > > > [snip] > > > > facts I outlined are true, then the GR doesn't make sense at all! ANd that's > > > > > > Why? Why does it not make sense to remove the non-free

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-15 Thread John Goerzen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Habersack) writes: > ** On Jun 13, John Goerzen scribbled: > > [snip] > > > facts I outlined are true, then the GR doesn't make sense at all! ANd > > > that's > > > > Why? Why does it not make sense to remove the non-free software from > > the Debian Project? > Because

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-15 Thread John Goerzen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Habersack) writes: > ** On Jun 13, John Goerzen scribbled: > > [snip] > > > facts I outlined are true, then the GR doesn't make sense at all! ANd that's > > > > Why? Why does it not make sense to remove the non-free software from > > the Debian Project? > Because many

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-13 Thread Marek Habersack
** On Jun 13, John Goerzen scribbled: [snip] > > facts I outlined are true, then the GR doesn't make sense at all! ANd that's > > Why? Why does it not make sense to remove the non-free software from > the Debian Project? Because many developers and users think and have written so that it would b

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-13 Thread John Goerzen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Habersack) writes: > > Do you wish Debian to be known for providing non-free software? The > > social contract says that Debian is 100% free software, yet you quite > > clearly point out above Debian has an obvious double standard. We say > > Debian is 100% free softwar

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-13 Thread Marek Habersack
** On Jun 13, John Goerzen scribbled: [snip] > > facts I outlined are true, then the GR doesn't make sense at all! ANd that's > > Why? Why does it not make sense to remove the non-free software from > the Debian Project? Because many developers and users think and have written so that it would

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-13 Thread John Goerzen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marek Habersack) writes: > > Do you wish Debian to be known for providing non-free software? The > > social contract says that Debian is 100% free software, yet you quite > > clearly point out above Debian has an obvious double standard. We say > > Debian is 100% free softwa

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:12:11PM +1000, Anthony Towns écrivait: > The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. Great. I completely share your opinion. That's my second mail in this tread. I wish everybody could do like me ... the thread can't be followed unless you

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:12:11PM +1000, Anthony Towns écrivait: > The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. Great. I completely share your opinion. That's my second mail in this tread. I wish everybody could do like me ... the thread can't be followed unless yo

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Rene Mayrhofer
> They neglect to mention that Debian is already highly successful at > encouraging non-free software authors to relicense, that distributing > software as non-free rather than part of the distribution itself is > already a successful disincentive, that often it is the maintainer of the > non-free

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Rene Mayrhofer
> They neglect to mention that Debian is already highly successful at > encouraging non-free software authors to relicense, that distributing > software as non-free rather than part of the distribution itself is > already a successful disincentive, that often it is the maintainer of the > non-free

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 03:47:12AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > This is a valid point and regardless of the outcome of this resolution I > am almost insistant that we should also resolve to make the Social > Contract and DFSG require a 3:1 vote to alter, just like the constitution > on the grounds

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 02:06:31PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > [please CC: any replies to me] Notice this? People should need to ask to get CCs. (Not directed at you, Joy.) > directory hierarchy? new server/CNAME?), and making the package acquisition > tools verbosely advise the user about the n

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Marek Habersack
** On Jun 10, Joseph Carter scribbled: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:12:11PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. > > Perhaps.. > > > > It weakens the social contract > > == > > > > The social contra

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 03:47:12AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > This is a valid point and regardless of the outcome of this resolution I > am almost insistant that we should also resolve to make the Social > Contract and DFSG require a 3:1 vote to alter, just like the constitution > on the ground

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 02:06:31PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > [please CC: any replies to me] Notice this? People should need to ask to get CCs. (Not directed at you, Joy.) > directory hierarchy? new server/CNAME?), and making the package acquisition > tools verbosely advise the user about the

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Marek Habersack
** On Jun 10, Joseph Carter scribbled: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:12:11PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. > > Perhaps.. > > > > It weakens the social contract > > == > > > > The social contr

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Josip Rodin
[please CC: any replies to me] > Perhaps the GR proposed is not the most adiquate solution to do this, but > I think if there were a second alternative on the table which did not > alter the social contract and was less technically damaging to the project > that it actually would have a fair chanc

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:12:11PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. Perhaps.. > It weakens the social contract > == > > The social contract is one of the foundations on which Debian users > base t

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Josip Rodin
[please CC: any replies to me] > Perhaps the GR proposed is not the most adiquate solution to do this, but > I think if there were a second alternative on the table which did not > alter the social contract and was less technically damaging to the project > that it actually would have a fair chan

Re: A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:12:11PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. Perhaps.. > It weakens the social contract > == > > The social contract is one of the foundations on which Debian users > base

A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Anthony Towns
The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. It weakens the social contract == The social contract is one of the foundations on which Debian users base their expectations for Debian's future directions. Up until now, Debian users could rel

A rebuttal (was: Re: Formal CFV: General Resolution to Abolish Non-Free)

2000-06-10 Thread Anthony Towns
The general resolution to abolish non-free is flawed in a number of ways. It weakens the social contract == The social contract is one of the foundations on which Debian users base their expectations for Debian's future directions. Up until now, Debian users could re