Re: Another bug of debian package --- Validation issue

If one has a heart to run free service, people will
appreciate it

If one run a free service with a cheating, it is not
moral

Let's have a look at one example

Imagine a street seller sold food to the people who
passed by. One of them ate it and got an allergy.
He/she died in the hospital. The street seller may
not get caught. However, do you think the government
will ignore the case and let it happen twice?


--- Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

formless void <formlessv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is no excuse for volunatary org not to run
professionally.

Imagine Red Cross, if they are not running in
professional way, what would the world be?

While it's flattering to compare the Debian project
and the Open Source
Community with the Red Cross (we are, in a way,
trying to save people
from bad software), there is a difference. Our users
have a choice. We
are not missionaries in regions without other
options. There are many
possibilities to choose from.

If you program for yourself, it is your own
business.
If you program for others, you have got to take
the
responsibility to make it right

And in fact Debian is taking it *very* serious. You
should read the
Social Contract. But all the software you get from
Debian is licensed,
and one of the clauses of those licenses is that it
is your
responsibility what you do with the software.
Especially in a case
where you are going against recommendations. Xandros
does not support
the use of other packages and neither does Debian.

Install Sarge and *if* you hit problems, we are here
to help you
however we can. There are thousands of subscribers
to this list
from around the globe. Only IRC might get you faster
answers than here.
For this free service (which is better than that
offered by many paid
employees of support desks) we would like your
questions to be "smart".
Here's the link again:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Please read it
Andrei
--
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand
it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)


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