[Fsf-Debian] [Fsf-collab] Random thoughts...

[Henry Jensen]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:49:58 +0300
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sb, 07 iul 12, 15:45:37, Henry Jensen wrote:
> > 
> > - In the official Debian forums and mailing lists, there shouldn't be
> > any advice how to run a non-free program, see [3]. So, if any user asks
> > how to run a non-free program on a Debian mailing list, it should be
> > clarified that such discussions are unwanted. That means, that some
> > kind of moderation should be established to be sure, that such unwanted
> > advices or recommendations doesn't happen.
> 
> http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/disclaimer

I'm not sure what you mean by referring to this link, perhaps you can
clarify it?

If you are referring to the "Debian accepts no responsibility" and
"Debian does not generally monitor its mailing lists for inappropriate
postings, and does not undertake editorial control of postings", I
think, this conflicts with the free distro evaluation checklist [1]:

"If the distribution has forums where users can post what the like
(mailing lists, web forums, wikis, etc.) check over those to see if
recommendations for or discussion about nonfree software appear
regularly. They shouldn't be a common occurrence, and they should be
discouraged if someone brings them up."


[1] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Free_System_Distribution_Checklist


Kind regards,

Henry