Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268452AbTGTVhl (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:37:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268495AbTGTVhl (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:37:41 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:13245 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268452AbTGTVhk (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:37:40 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Leandro_Guimar=E3es_Faria_Corsetti_Dutra?= Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] RMS and reactions to him Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:52:05 +0200 Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20Fam=C3=ADlia?= Dutra Message-ID: References: <200301201338.h0KDcLjd001178@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> <20030122162107.GA26725@mark.mielke.cc> <871xwl7h6j.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <20030720105529.GC29459@wiggy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Pan/0.14.0 (I'm Being Nibbled to Death by Cats!) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1556 Lines: 33 On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:55:29 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: >> It won't be the first disagreement. Debian actually was >> poised to become *the* GNU distribution until they insisted on >> carrying non-free software, when that was even more essential. > > Please get your facts straight. Debian never insisted on carrying > non-free software. There was disagreement over references to non-free > software in Documentation. FSF would not allow documentation to mention > the OSS drivers for example. Thanks for the info on documentation, but that Debian carries non-free software against FSF's will is a fact. Or did BillG put all those non-free dirs there? >> Every so often this issue is raised again; presumably they will shed >> non-free completely once a recent free version of Java 2, SWF player >> and assorted stuff becomes available. > > And perhaps not. Perhaps, but it is their goal. If they don't, it means the proprietary lock-in game is succeeding. -- _ Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra +41 (21) 648 11 34 / \ http://br.geocities.com./lgcdutra/ +41 (78) 778 11 34 \ / Answer to the list, not to me directly! +55 (11) 5686 2219 / \ Rate this if helpful: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=leandro - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/