Kaloian Doganov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In a wider sense: the Debian Project does not hold copyright of > any proprietary software, unlike Microsoft, Sun, Oracle and Adobe. > > Indeed, one can act unethically (in Debian Project's case -- > distributing proprietary software to users) without a clear and obvious > motive. I really do not understand Debian Project's motivation to > organize unethical activities, but unfortunately, they do not convert to > ethical ones just by this reason.
'We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of works that do not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our archive for these works. The packages in these areas are not part of the Debian system, although they have been configured for use with Debian.' -- http://www.fr.debian.org/social_contract Maybe neither of us agrees with the resulting action, but I think that's an understandable, clear and obvious motive. The Debian OS itself is 100% free software nevertheless and the project doesn't develop proprietary software. I'd expect the debian project to be in GBN's contrib list, not GBN itself. -- MJR/slef Laux nur mia opinio: vidu http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Bv sekvu http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
