>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
Ian> And from a practical point of view, I would prefer to make a Ian> choice that significantly eases collaboration with the GNU Ian> Project to one that slightly eases collaboration with Ian> proprietary software vendors. The more interesting question to me is what makes things easier for our users. I think that one of the key differences we've hadwith the GNU project actually is very close to this point. Last time I looked at why the GNU project didn't recommend Debian, a lot of it came down to things like our installer offers to turn on the non-free section and that our documentation talks about using debian with proprietary software. Traditionally, we've enabled our users when they choose to use proprietary software. We've taken the position that Debian will remain free, but if we can do so while writing free software, we will enable our users to do whatever they want even if their principles and goals are different than ours. So, when evaluating something like this, I agree with Ian that making things easier for proprietary software vendors is not a concern. However, making things easier for our users, even when they choose to use proprietary software is a significant concern. Advertizing proprietary software seems bad. Accurately documenting what proprietary software can satisfy the needs of some program in metadata seems like it helps our users. --Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/tslvbqdmp42....@mit.edu