On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 06:25:09PM +0000, toad wrote: > Such as maybe making the Fred snapshots work under Kaffe? Since Kaffe is > the one and only free JVM, this is a 0.5 release blocker.
I disagree on a point of principle. While I am all for free software (I decided to release Freenet under the GPL long before the first line of code was written), it is *not* the goal of this project to discourage use of non-free software wherever possible, and if we try to make this a precondition to a release, we complicate our ability to meet the real goal of the project, namely to allow *all* computer users (whether or not they prefer free software) to communicate freely. It is obviously better if users who don't wish to use non-free software can use Freenet, but this is not justification for denying those who don't have such a strong view on free software a 0.5 release when *our* code is ready and not a minute later. Remember, every time we try to add a new goal to the project, we risk limiting our ability to meet the existing goals of the project (which are challenging enough as it is). Ian. -- Ian Clarke ian at freenetproject.org Founder & Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Chief Technology Officer, Uprizer Inc. http://www.uprizer.com/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20020124/b1d17c1f/attachment.pgp>
