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Re: contrib/non-free policy

From: Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>

> who whould bother supporting the packages which CANNOT be distributed
> for profit (typical candidates for non-free) ? Only non-profit
> organizations like Debian.

Well, I don't mind having a non-profit organization _like_ Debian exist to
support that software, as long as _Debian_ doesn't have to do it. We've
already defined what kind of software we exist to support.

> Placing more packages in non-free will only
> benefit users by making available for installation in convenient form
> lots of free (from consumer point of view) software.

So, I don't object to placing more packages in non-free.

> Now, when you decided to remove contrib, I saw that only Manoj
> agreed with your decision. (I don't have illusions about several other
> key developers though.)

Well, I decided we were being hypocritical by leaving "contrib" in there.

> Politics never worth making trouble for lots of people (debian users
> in this case). PLEASE, reconsider your decision in favor of common
> sense and not politics.

We have an obligation to our users to support their use of software that
doesn't match our free software guidelines. We don't have an obligation
to ship that software to their doors. If somebody thinks the world wants
that contrib and non-free software badly enough, they will make a CD containing
it. Anyone is free to make a CD containing Debian and the non-free and contrib
software. Anyone is free to make a CD to sell along with the official CD
containing that software, too.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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