On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:09:21PM +1300, Paul William wrote:
>
> >Check your facts before posting FUD. SuSE is 100% open source software.
> >Has always been. Except for those parts which aren't OSS in Debian
>
> Which parts in Debian are not open source?
Anything in non-free? (ok, the Social Contract stipulates that non-free and
contrib are not part of Debian, but that's a minor point for serious
purists.)
> Debian will not even host
> open source programs that reply on non open source programs e.g.. apps
> written in java.
FUD. From the Social Contract:
5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that don't
conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contrib"
and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive for this software. The software in
these directories is not part of the Debian system, although it has been
configured for use with Debian. ....
We most definitely do *host* (mirror) such software. And since when is Java
non-free?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> apt-cache show gcj
Package: gcj
Priority: optional
Section: devel
...
Description: The GNU Java compiler
GCJ is a front end to the GCC compiler which can natively compile both
Java(tm) source and bytecode files. The compiler can also generate class
files.
(note: Section: is 'devel', not 'non-free/devel')
I do apologise for contributing to this silly thread, but people that
continue to spread FUD, intentionally or otherwise, annoy the hell out of
me. If they don't know something for sure, they should shut the hell up, or
add a lot of disclaimers such as 'I think', 'I'm not sure, but', 'I may be
wrong' or 'IIRC'.
Mike.
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