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Re: FSF poll

In message <m0uCKw8-00052NC@mongo.pixar.com>, Bruce Perens writes:
>Are you willing to give up those technical points to have FSF's cooperation?

No.  If the FSF would demand that I install the source for X in order
to use it, they can get bent.  Period.

>It's pretty clear to me that if we don't move on at least some of these,
>there isn't going to be an agreement with FSF.

Fine.  Then there isn't.  They're still welcome to use dpkg, etc., in
order to support the creation of their own distribution.

>There are other issues, too. A good deal of the donations directed to Debian
>would have to go to FSF. So far we're talking about 25%, but they could
>push that higher.

Maybe the most appropriate thing is for Debian to direct some portion
of donations to the FSF (to recognize their hand in creating much of
the software we distribute) and have that be the most formal of our
relationships.

In short, the FSF is welcome to make suggestions about Debian, but
their comments carry no more weight than any other user's.  If we like
them (like the /etc/debian_version thing), we take them.  If we
consider them inappropriate or infeasable, we don't.

Mike.
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