[Fsf-Debian] Who gets to say what the definition of “Debian” is?

[Paul Tagliamonte]

On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 11:10:39PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Actually, only Debian "main" is intended to be 100% dfsg-free
> > software.
> 
> Intended by who? Not by someone who agrees with the Debian project's
> social contract:
> 
>     1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software
>        We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free
>        software.

Just as emacs has violated the GPL at times[1], mistakes get made.

non-free in Debian is a serious, serious problem, and will result in the
package getting either repacked (dfsg repack) or removed. Non-free
software can not exist in Debian, in case anyone misread Mike's
comments.

> 
> > The entire composition of Debian "the system" is up to individual
> > users/developers/volunteers and how they choose to compose their
> > particular parts of the whole.
> 
> Yes, what people install additional to Debian is up to them. But that
> doesn't mean the result is “Debian the system” any more.
> 
> -- 
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> _o__)           hopes of its children.” —Dwight Eisenhower, 1953-04-16 |
> Ben Finney
> 
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[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/142405

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