Hi Craig, > > The point is that it easy to say "I am right and you are wrong." Who > > makes us right and them wrong? > > i think you're missing the point. > > the point has nothing to do with who is right and who is wrong.
Somewhere along the way of this thread I unwittingly moved into the philosophical realm and started speaking as so, and lost track of how it initially got started. The question I posed was purely philosophical and wasn't meant to be applied toward Debian although I used Debian in my analogy/question/whatever. Please excuse the philosophy. :) > the point is that as far as Debian is concerned, the DFSG is THE test of > whether a program is free or not. I thought that we came to an understanding that I understood that? Before you answer this please read on. > if a program passes all of the criteria, it is free. > if a program fails any one of the criteria, it is non-free. > > debian's archives are run according to debian's policies. we'd be > hypocrites, otherwise. Yes, I agree. I am not disputing that. (let's not get into my interpretation of "free" again, please) > neither software authors, nor users, nor the communities, nor anyone > except debian developers get a vote when it comes to debian's policies. > nor should they. I also agree. My intention was only to look at the situation from the other side. Please don't mistake my objectivity for a lack of support of Debian policy. Thanks, -Ossama ______________________________________________________________________ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26
