<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Does this mean that you guys won't touch it?? ;)
Could someone tell me how decisions are made over here?
Note that I'm just a cooker user/tester, but have been on the list for a bit, so weigh my opinion with that perspective..
Yes, that's basically what it means. It can never make it into
the downloadable version, tho it could in theory make it into the
boxed/shipped/paid version (but practically, would have to do
XP/2K first, and would have to be well tested enough to be
something worth being part of the paid-for version). That means
this isn't the entry point you are looking for.
And I still think the argument is not valid. We are already shipping windows tools on the CDs which cannot be compiled with free tools only.
We are not debian, and since this belongs on main CD, you are at the
mercy of the developpers payed by mandrake (people here with a
mandrakesoft.com email). If one of them says its ok, it can (at some
future time) be included. If they say no, it cannot.
well, successful free software projects often use dictatorship; the debian project too as a team that reject things because of lacks of freedom or stabilizing issue, ...
what a shame that free software world is not so free :-)
It's still free.
Everyone is free to work on software as they choose, and Mandrake is free to decide whether or not they want to include that software in a product with their name on it.
Developing free software does not give anyone the right to force their software on anyone else. There's another company that has the monopoly on that. ;-)
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