On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 03:50:49PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > I have to admit that I don't like the name 'Debian Main' a lot. The > social contract should be pretty much self-contained and make sense to > people not knowing about the implementation. They would not know that > 'main' is the directory all the Free stuff is lying around, and wonder > 'why the name'? Also, I'm not sure what the term 'Main' really means to > native or non-native ears.
That's a good thing. The problems come when people think they know what a phrase mean, and they've got it wrong. > It might just sounds strange to my non-native ears though and I cannot > come up with a better phrase right now. > > Hmm, perhaps call it 'the Debian System' and clarify on www.debian.org > and in the FAQ that this is main, not non-free? (in case that is your > opinion, too) The idea of clarifying the phrase on www, and in the faq is a good idea, regardless of the phrase chosen. -- Raul
