| Thomas Bushnell BSG 2005-03-28, 6:19 pm |
| md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) writes:
> (I already asked you to please stop Cc'ing me on every reply, what else
> do I need to do?)
Fix Debian's gnus. 
> On Mar 27, Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> wrote:
>
[vbcol=seagreen]
> This looks like a very weak argument. Considering that users need anyway
> the drivers for these devices (it's not like there is any choice for
> e.g. DVB receivers and USB DSL modems), I think it's quite obvious that
> they prefer to have them in Debian.
I don't think it's the least bit obvious.
But your argument here is simply "users want it, so we should ship
it."
That doesn't get at the original question:
What is the reduced set of freedoms you want?
Why is this class of software so different from every other that we
should accept this reduced set of freedoms?
Thomas
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