Re: free, freer, freest

1999-07-03 Thread Mitch Blevins
Bruce Sass wrote: I believe the intent is to go further than that; specifically, to eventually purge Debian of anything considered non-free by GNU standards. Debian uses the DFSG as its definition of Freeness. Your last few posts have tried to portray Debian as weak-willed because there are

Re: free, freer, freest

1999-07-03 Thread Raul Miller
This thread shouldn't be on debian-vote -- it's not a vote. -- Raul

Re: free, freer, freest

1999-07-03 Thread Richard Stallman
Why doesn't GNU set up their own front-end to Debian, one that only allows access to what GNU considers to be free? I understand what it means to write a front end for a program, but I don't see how to adapt the concept of front end to the situation of Debian. Debian is a collection of

Re: free, freer, freest

1999-07-02 Thread Ben Finney
Bruce Sass wrote: What is the FSF, what does the FSF do that GNU can not, and why. GNU is a project to create a free-software implementation of Unix. The FSF is an organisation set up to run the project. Please see the GNU pages for more. http://www.gnu.org/ Is Debian a front for GNU, or an

Re: free, freer, freest

1999-07-02 Thread Bruce Sass
On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Ben Finney wrote: Bruce Sass wrote: What is the FSF, what does the FSF do that GNU can not, and why. GNU is a project to create a free-software implementation of Unix. The FSF is an organisation set up to run the project. Please see the GNU pages for more.

free, freer, freest

1999-07-01 Thread Bruce Sass
A few thought from a non-developer with an interest in Debian's product; ending with a question/suggestion directed to RMS. Is it Debian GNU/Linux or GNU Debian/Linux. The former indicates that Debian is an entity, with its own agenda and methodology, based on the GNU tools and the Linux

Re: free, freer, freest

1999-07-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 11:43:10AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: A few thought from a non-developer with an interest in Debian's product; ending with a question/suggestion directed to RMS. Is it Debian GNU/Linux or GNU Debian/Linux. Debian GNU/Linux, why do you ask? It's stated everywhere. The