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[Paul Mahon <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

I can't see why we would care about being on that list one way the
other. The truth is, is that there are packages out there for which
there are no decent (GNU)free alternatives exist, Java is an example.
Just moving the grimoire to another host would still violate the
"spirit" of the list, we would still be maintaining it, and thus
advocate its use. 

It looks like a bunch of changes which will make things more difficult
for new users, and we don't get anything for it except our name on some
wall no one much looks at.

I'm just not seeing the gain for us.

On Wed, 2005-02-11 at 22:02 -0800, Seth Alan Woolley wrote:
> http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions
> 
> If you look at the above link, you can see some Totally Free(R)(TM) 
> distros.
> 
> I wanted to ping the list to see if there's substantial support behind 
> meeting their criteria.
> 
> We'd need to do four things:
> 
> Change the social contract to eliminate the "we support non-free 
> software" section.
> 
> Eliminate the z-rejected grimoire to be hosted/maintained by a separate 
> system (no SCM or website mingling, grimoire url to be explicitly added).
> 
> Scan the grimoire for stuff that needs moved to the z-rejected section 
> and do that.  (The FSF keeps a list of GPL-compatible and 
> non-GPL-compatible-but-free licenses.)
> 
> Switch our SCM to something(s) other than perforce for everything.
> 
> Who thinks this is worth it?  Who thinks it's not worth it?
> 
> Seth
> 
> P.S.  I favor becoming as Free(R)(TM) as possible.  I will do what the 
> group desires, but I think it's something we should consider, at least.
> 
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