Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266880AbTGTKkg (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:40:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266885AbTGTKkf (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:40:35 -0400 Received: from home.wiggy.net ([213.84.101.140]:60346 "EHLO mx1.wiggy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266880AbTGTKka (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:40:30 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:55:29 +0200 From: Wichert Akkerman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him Message-ID: <20030720105529.GC29459@wiggy.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200301201338.h0KDcLjd001178@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> <20030122162107.GA26725@mark.mielke.cc> <871xwl7h6j.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1094 Lines: 27 Previously Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > It won't be the first disagreement. Debian actually was > poised to become *the* GNU distribution until they insisted on > carrying non-free software, when that was even more essential. Please get your facts straight. Debian never insisted on carrying non-free software. There was disagreement over references to non-free software in Documentation. FSF would not allow documentation to mention the OSS drivers for example. > Every so often this issue is raised again; presumably they will shed > non-free completely once a recent free version of Java 2, SWF player > and assorted stuff becomes available. And perhaps not. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/