Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 01:07:59PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Adam, > > I think you're probably already away of the factual portions of my > claims below, but I'm making them for the benefit of the broader > audience. > > At 2017-12-01T18:11:34+0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > > > > No, t

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2017-12-01T20:22:58+0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > Adam spoke about derivative users, not derivative developers, though. [...] > Our users are declared our priority, our downstreams aren't. This is a false dilemma and I urge our community to reject it. -- Regards, Branden signature.asc D

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Adam, I think you're probably already away of the factual portions of my claims below, but I'm making them for the benefit of the broader audience. At 2017-12-01T18:11:34+0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > > > No, those derivatives are damage. While their hearts are in the right > > > place, they c

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Adam Borowski writes ("Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main"): > It looks like we two are in agreement that all non-free software is bad, > even if we differ wrt how acceptable using it is. But we disagree about > the reason _why_: > > * I say that the primary reason i

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 01:53:22PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > (Dropping the crossposts. The stuff I want to reply to is probably > material for -project.) Thanks, crossposts are bad! > Adam Borowski writes ("Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by > stuff in main"): > > On Thu, Nov 3

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrey Rahmatullin writes ("Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main"): > > > > Our users are declared our priority, our downstreams aren't. > > > > > > It never occurred to me that our downstreams could be considered as not > > > being a part of our users. Is that a common

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 04:10:46PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > > Debian ought to be a good upstream for everyone, not just "me" > > > > (whoever me is). > > > Our users are declared our priority, our downstreams aren't. > > > > It never occurred to me that our downstreams could be considered a

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Enrico Zini writes ("Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main"): > On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 08:22:58PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > > [Ian Jackson:] > > > Debian ought to be a good upstream for everyone, not just "me" > > > (whoever me is). > > Our users are declared ou

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Enrico Zini
On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 08:22:58PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > > Debian ought to be a good upstream for everyone, not just "me" > > (whoever me is). > Our users are declared our priority, our downstreams aren't. It never occurred to me that our downstreams could be considered as not being

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 01:53:22PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > I would like to establish a way to prevent this. (There are even > > > whole Debian derivatives who have as one of their primary goals, > > > preventing this. > > > > No, those derivatives are damage. While their hearts are in th

Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

2017-12-01 Thread Ian Jackson
(Dropping the crossposts. The stuff I want to reply to is probably material for -project.) Adam Borowski writes ("Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main"): > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 01:52:18PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I would like to establish a way to prevent this.