On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 07:45:25PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-01-01 15:10:32 +0000 Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >But please don't demand other people avoid non-free software if you're > >not willing to solve their problems. > > Are the people using the Debian infrastructure to support non-free > helping to prevent the problems from being solved?
No. Speaking for myself, I maintain a few packages that provide Asian language support for Xpdf, which are in non-free because they contain files from the evil Adobe corporation. I do not use the files myself (I don't know any Asian languages) but I provide them as a service since I maintain the free parts of Xpdf too. If I were not spending time on those non-free packages, I would not be spending time on equivalent free software. I have no need for them and I don't have the skills/knowledge to create them. So removing non-free would not improve free and would make Debian less usable to Japanese, Korean and Chinese users. For what benefit? Andrew Suffield isn't interested in discussing that. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
