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<h1>Re: free vs. non-free debate</h1>
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<li><em>From</em>: Mark Komarinski &lt;<A HREF="mailto:markk@cgipc.com">markk@cgipc.com</A>&gt;</li>
<li><em>Date</em>: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 20:28:48 -0500</li>
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Guylhem Aznar wrote:
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&gt; We will refuse documentation covering non-free software.
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I find this view rather short sighted. I thought our being here as the LDP
is to document Linux and provide information to people to let them use it.
I don't think it's in our &quot;charter&quot; to dictate to people what they should use.
We should provide a higher emphasis on free software, but denying documentation
about non-free software is shooting the Linux community in the foot.
Sometimes, non-free software is the answer that is required. It's not a failing
of the free software community, it's just the way it is. MySQL isn't Oracle,
Koffice isn't StarOffice, and there isn't a bit of free software out there
that's Remedy.
-Mark
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<ul><li><em>From:</em> &quot;Scot E. Wilcoxon&quot; &lt;scot@wilcoxon.org&gt;</li></ul></li>
<li><strong><a name="00574" href="msg00574.html">Re: free vs. non-free debate</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> Morten Kjeldgaard &lt;mok@imsb.au.dk&gt;</li></ul></li>
<li><strong><a name="00575" href="msg00575.html">Re: free vs. non-free debate</a></strong>
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<li><strong><a name="00564" href="msg00564.html">Re: free vs. non-free debate</a></strong>
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<li><strong><a name="00568" href="msg00568.html">Re: free vs. non-free debate</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> Guylhem Aznar &lt;guylhemlistes@free.fr&gt;</li></ul></li>
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