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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Fwd: Knoppix, KDE
From:       Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-05-14 21:16:04
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On Wednesday 14 May 2003 23:04, you wrote:
> The prio #1 goal is making it Very Useful.
> 
> The person who told me about the project said the goal was
> specifically to make it completely free.  That's why I think it
> is a good project; that is why I am interested in the results.

Obviously our goals are different.

As I told you before I /also/ am sure Freedom of the software is an
important goal, but I never would think that it is more important
than _being_usefull_ of the software.

Unfortunately you can not always (but often) have both: in our case
it is important to include a few non-free things to get a usefull CD,
so it should be clear that the goal of Freedom must stand behind the
goal of being usefull here.

Sorry, but such is life - we are not living in an ideal world, we are
only _trying_ to make it a bit better.

Karl-Heinz
-- 
Karl-Heinz Zimmer, Senior Software Engineer, Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB
<mailto:khz@klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se>            <mailto:khz@kde.org>
 "For every complex problem there is an
  answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."  H. L. Mencken, 1880 - 1956
 
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