On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 07:39:21AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 06:49:32AM +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:46:09PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > > > > > > > On Aug 08, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> We Do Not Distribute Non-Free Software No Matter How Much It Helps Our > > > >> Users. > > > > > > > Now think about why we do not do it. > > > > > > It does not matter. Different members of Debian have different > > > reasons. We have all agreed to work together on the basis of the > > > Social Contract, which says that We Do Not Distribute Non-Free > > > Software No Matter How Much It Helps Our Users. > > > > # Our priorities are our users and free software > > > > We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software > > community. > > We will place their interests first in our priorities. We will support the > > needs of our users for operation in many different kinds of computing > > environments. We will not object to non-free works that are intended to be > > used on Debian systems, or attempt to charge a fee to people who create or > > use such works. We will allow others to create distributions containing > > both > > the Debian system and other works, without any fee from us. In furtherance > > of these goals, we will provide an integrated system of high-quality > > materials with no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the > > system. > > Where do you read we allow ourselves to distribute non-free software for > user convenience ?
Well, it reads to me that we won't screw our users without second thought like some here are proposing. But then, i repeat, everyone is very welcome to participate in solving this the nice way, and i am highly impatient to see the extensive listings you and others may produce, and then some plan on how to go forward from there. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
