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Debian Prepares To Vote On Non-Free Software
DJFelix writes "Manoj Srivastava, Debian Project Secretary, has posted a proposed General Resolution regarding the handling of the non-free section of Debian. This is very important to me, as I am a Debian maintainer who only maintains non-free packages. If you are a Debian non-free maintainer or Debian non-free user who does not want to see the non-free section disappear from Debian, I highly suggest you get involved."
Blah!
That's like saying "Have a read of this page if you will be voting in the upcoming US election."
As a counter to your suggestion, may I suggest to everyone who reads gnu.org material that they compare the writing style and tricks of gnu.org with your favorite religous scripture? GNU.org is *highly* manipulative.
debian/RMS zealots are the worst enemies that linux has. the GPL and the open source movement may be the best thing that has happened to the IT industry since the invention of the personal computer, but a religious adherence to the notion that *all* software *must* be free as well as open source does linux more harm than good.
free software zealots are linux's greatest enemy, not microsoft. by marginalising itself further from the linux mainstream, debian is tacitly endorsing this religious fervour, to everyone's detriment. extremist measures never get you anywhere, just ask bin laden.
> you're probably running RedHat?
Wake up, troll. It might surprise you that Connectiva brought apt into the world of rpm for a couple of years now. I guess I could troll back by remarking about how outdated Debian is... but that would be -- ignorant -- wouldn't it?