[Discussioni] debian weekly news

[Francesco Potorti`]

Una citazione, che può contribuire ad una discussione sempre
interessante.

Talking about Non-Free Software. Last week there was a report that RMS
was [16]asking that the GNOME Summary not include mentions of non-free
software. Since DWN, like the GNOME Summary, reports on a project that
is primarily devoted to Free Software, we thought we'd explain our
policy in this area. Generally, we try to promote Free Software and
non-free software doesn't get a lot of coverage in DWN. However, there
are still some important non-free packages for Debian, and from time
to time we'll have some coverage of them. That doesn't mean that we're
promoting non-free software, simply that we have to recognize that
we're not 100% of the way there yet and we'd be doing a disservice to
our readers by pretending that non-free software simply doesn't exist.
We also recognize that many Debian users are new to Linux, and may not
understand or care about the political issues behind software
licensing. We feel that our time is best spent clarifying those issues
and trying to help users understand why the political issues behind
software licensing are important, rather than just ignoring non-free
software. While we respect all of the work that RMS has done, and it's
a lot, we don't think that refusing to talk about non-free software is
the answer.

  16. http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-10-19-011-20-NW-CY-GN