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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>, Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>,
	David Craven <david@craven.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field.
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:21:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8760r7vc57.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a8gjvcfl.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:15:42 -0400")

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> David Craven <david@craven.ch> writes:
>>
>>> Quoting FSDG:
>>> A free system distribution must not steer users towards obtaining any
>>> nonfree information for practical use, or encourage them to do so.
>>>
>>> We are not steering or encouraging users to do any thing by displaying
>>> the source url of the tarball, 
>>
>> That's an interpretation of it.  I think that point deserves a
>> discussion on <gnu-linux-libre@nongnu.org> mailing list, before
>> including such change in Guix UI.
>
> I agree with Mathieu.  Having the Guix UI display a source URI that
> contains non-free software is arguably steering users towards obtaining
> nonfree information for practical use.
>
> We will need to ask for input from <gnu-linux-libre@nongnu.org> before
> considering this.

Sorry, I made a quoting error in my previous message.  The next two
lines were actually written by David, although my quoting made them
appear to be from Mathieu:

>> Asking me to start a discussion on the linux-libre mailing list over
>> this is an unreasonable request.
>
> I'm sorry that you feel that way, but I'm afraid I must block this
> proposed change until that discussion occurs.
>
>        Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2016-08-11 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-04 20:49 How to get the package metadata as structured data? David Craven
2016-08-04 21:08 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-08-04 22:03   ` Cook, Malcolm
2016-08-05 10:17     ` David Craven
2016-08-05 11:04       ` David Craven
2016-08-05 12:40         ` Aljosha Papsch
2016-08-05 14:50         ` Philippe Ombredanne
2016-08-05 14:58           ` [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field David Craven
2016-08-06 12:35             ` Alex Kost
2016-08-06 12:46               ` David Craven
2016-08-06 15:00               ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-07 10:26                 ` David Craven
2016-08-07 11:15                   ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-07 11:19                     ` David Craven
2016-08-07 12:12                       ` David Craven
2016-08-07 13:27                       ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-07 21:33                         ` David Craven
2016-08-08  0:15                           ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-08 11:20                             ` David Craven
2016-08-08 17:53                               ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-08 18:12                                 ` David Craven
2016-08-08 19:07                                 ` Alex Kost
2016-08-08 21:09                                   ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-08 22:58                                     ` David Craven
2016-08-08 23:56                                       ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-09  0:18                                         ` David Craven
2016-08-10 10:12                                           ` David Craven
2016-08-10 11:30                                             ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-10 11:38                                               ` David Craven
2016-08-10 11:46                                                 ` David Craven
2016-08-10 12:06                                                 ` Mathieu Lirzin
2016-08-10 12:15                                                   ` Ben Woodcroft
2016-08-10 12:27                                                     ` David Craven
2016-08-10 12:53                                                       ` Ben Woodcroft
2016-08-10 13:23                                                         ` David Craven
2016-08-10 13:42                                                         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-08-10 14:13                                                           ` David Craven
2016-08-11 14:38                                                             ` Alex Kost
2016-08-11 16:19                                                               ` David Craven
2016-08-11 18:15                                                                 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-08-12  8:22                                                                 ` Alex Kost
2016-08-11 16:42                                                               ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-08-12  8:33                                                                 ` Alex Kost
2016-08-12  8:41                                                                   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-08-12 10:05                                                                     ` David Craven
2016-08-13  7:46                                                                       ` Alex Kost
2016-08-13 13:00                                                                         ` David Craven
2016-08-13 13:18                                                                           ` Leo Famulari
2016-08-14 16:00                                                                             ` Alex Kost
2016-08-10 14:25                                                           ` Thompson, David
2016-08-10 17:56                                                     ` Leo Famulari
2016-08-11 10:15                             ` Mark H Weaver
2016-08-11 10:21                               ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2016-08-11 11:06                                 ` David Craven
2016-08-11 11:41                                   ` Mark H Weaver
2016-08-11 11:46                                   ` David Craven
2016-08-10 11:46           ` How to get the package metadata as structured data? Ricardo Wurmus
2016-08-10 12:14             ` Catonano
2016-08-10 12:52               ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-08-10 23:40                 ` Catonano

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