Package: www.debian.org Version: N/A; reported 2002-01-14 Severity: normal On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:16:30PM -0400, Lex Spoon wrote: > Debian *does* support non-free software -- users are simply supposed to > read the licenses before they install it. Here's a statement from > http://www.debian.org/intro/about: > > "Although Debian believes in free software, there are cases where people > want or need to put commercial software on their machine. Whenever > possible Debian will support this. There are even a growing number of > packages whose sole job is to install commercial software into a Debian > system."
Er, s/commercial/proprietary/ please. Not all commercial software is
proprietary and not all proprietary software is commercial. Debian's
interests are not at all served by confusing this issue.
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Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If this sig were funny...
Basically, I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules,
it's THEIR problem. I want people to know that in their bones, and I
want it shouted out from the rooftops. I want people to wake up in a
cold sweat every once in a while if they use binary-only modules.
-- Linus Torvalds
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