Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free?

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Markus Törnqvist wrote:

>On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 10:35:12AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
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>>No, that certainly is an option.  Relocating the credits to somewhere 
>>reasonable for a particular installer is just fine with me.
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>Let's see what the Debian people say about showing the complete credits
>in the preinstall screen during interactive installation and scrolling
>through them automatically in a non-interactive one, for example.
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>I think the response will be "but it's still non-free" :P
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>>>Also, if every software showed their credits, there would easily be a ton
>>>of them.
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>>This is bad why?  They could be interesting for users to read while the 
>>install proceeds.
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>I wouldn't mind it. However, it could get out of hand if we had
>three-four-five screenfulls of credits during every boot. Then it's time
>to /dev/null again...
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Well, a really clever way of doing it would have a page describing what 
the program does with a little bit of credits at the bottom.

As a user, I am usually disappointed by how operating systems fail to 
take the opportunity to educate me while I wait for them to install.

>Credits (as commercials and ads and stuff) should never defeat the purpose
>of the entity of which they are a part.
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I would really like Debian to understand the difference between credits 
and ads.  Credits describe someone's contribution to the project.  Ads 
describe some product for you to buy.  Very different things.