On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > The Proposal is Counter to the Social Contract > > ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ > > If you read the social contract you'll see that the very first point is > `Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software'. In my opinion that means that > adding a slight inconvenience (especially now that we have tools like > dpkg-http and apt) is a minor price to pay for the benefits we will get.
And the fourth point says that we place our users first in our priorities. Adding a slight inconvenience to all our users IS NOT placing our user's interests first. The Debian Distribution -IS- 100% free software, you know it and I know it - the proximity of non-free software does not effect our comittment to free software. > > It is Only the Start.. > > ~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~ > > I already answered this in a response to a post from Joseph Carter. Unfortunately your response doesn't mean much. The opinion of the project leader does not control the actions of his delagates. It's all well and good that you don't want to see that happen, but it doesn't mean it won't, and it doesn't mean that the next project leader will not want to see it happen. > > Cost > > ~~~~ > > I'm aware of the costs involved. I'm also confident that we'll find a > way to get the proper resources. I know you mostly are, the summary was intended for the rest of the developers who are not aware, they have every right to make an informed decisision when they vote. Jason
