[NTLUG:Discuss] Debian and proposed change to social contract: clarification?

[Richard Cobbe]

Lo, on Thursday, October 12, Jonathan Brugge did write:

> You can browse the contents of the non-free and contrib-software at
> www.debian.org/distrib/packages

Ah, that's helpful, thanks.

> If they remove this software from the debian-distribution, I think you can
> get them from other sites too, BUT I'M NOT SURE. At least some packages can
> be dl'd from other sites (like the kde(2)-packages) and the netscape
> packages too, I think. I don't know about a proposed change of the social
> contract. I'll ask on irc, but at least there's nothing about it on the
> official site, so I think it are only rumours.

Yeah, I've been poking around www.debian.org looking for more details on
the proposed change, and it's been difficult to find specifics.  (This may
be largely because I'm still quite unfamiliar with Debian's
`infrastructure' (for lack of a better word).  It may be there; I just
don't know where to look.  Pointers to the discussion would be
most welcome.

If the proposal is in fact a rumor, it's an unusually long-lived one that's
caught a large number of people up in it.  I've been hearing about it for
several months now, from many different sources.

> By the way: Debian works great here!

Great to hear.

Thanks for the response,

Richard