Jon Portnoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 02:54:39AM -0800, Erik Swanson wrote: >> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 02:33, donnie berkholz wrote: >> > I think we should accept all the licenses by default except the ones for >> > which the ACCEPT_LICENSE variable originally existed (the id games ones), >> > since users must be forced to read and agree to those. This would keep the >> > change seamless for the user unless said user wishes to change things. >> >> As a user, I'd prefer if only OSI-approved licenses were accepted by >> default. This also seems like it'd be most in keeping with the Gentoo >> Social Contract. >> > > The social contract states that Gentoo Linux will never _depend_ on > nonfree software. However, we still provide it. If we moved over to a > Debian-esque "if you want nonfree software, you need to change settings" > it would irritate a decently large number of people.
[...] Jon, That's such a vague statement we have in the social contract. I've always wondered what it meant specifically. Matt -- Matthew Kennedy Gentoo Linux Developer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
