Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:59:59 +0100, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Well, then _stand_ by your convictions. Remove software from the GNU >> project from Debian. Free software with unfree documentation is a >> sham. If you call the documentation unfree, then the software can't >> be used like free software, and you should remove it, too. > > Do you assert that any software without documentation is non-free?
Software _bereft_ of its documentation is crippled. In particular, if access to the documentation is a well-integrated operation of the software. If Debian considers crippleware "free", they are sending out a message about freedom that does not seem particularly helpful to the cause. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
