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Re: gated

On 23 Jul 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Hi,
> >>"Karl" == Karl Ferguson <karl@tower.net.au> writes:
> 
> Karl> Hmmm ... Would there be any harm in Debian signing it and
> Karl> putting it in the non-free (or contrib) area?  I don't this this
> Karl> would 'break' what we stand for.
> 
> 	I would rather that we not sign such a licence. (I think it
> *does* dilute our stand a little. Not much, but if we start here,
> there may be other cases. I would vote to maintain the purity of what
> Debian distributes -- not free software except gated and except ...
> 
> 	manoj
> feeling very puritan

Heh.

Let me disagree with you and with Bruce once again (although I did it
too many times already).  My opinion is that it is very important for
us to have gated as Debian package.  Those are more or less my points:

1. Debian packaging system was made to let people install precompiled
   ready-to-use packages patched for Linux and Debian, instead of
   downloading the source and having good time with it.  Once I change
   the source to compile cleanly under Debian, why should hundreds of
   other people do the same work?

2. What are you afraid of?  Why does the fact that one Debian
   developer sign the license hurt you?  We're not into politics, we
   are here to do our job, and to do it good, not to defend Free
   Software(tm) and fight evil guys who get money for the work _they_
   do.

3. That's what non-free is for.

Dixi.
Vadik.

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