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Resisting the binary blob -> Debian
Resisting the binary blob -> Debian
Posted Nov 14, 2006 18:00 UTC (Tue) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)Parent article: Resisting the binary blob
There is one distribution where developers will go out of there way to remove binary blob from otherwise free software package and this is Debian. It is not sufficient to remove packages well-known to contain binary blob.
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Resisting the binary blob -> Debian
Posted Nov 14, 2006 20:35 UTC (Tue) by spot (subscriber, #15640) [Link]
And yet, Debian isn't "Free" by the FSF guidelines.
Resisting the binary blob -> Debian
Posted Nov 14, 2006 21:34 UTC (Tue) by hmh (subscriber, #3838) [Link]
That's only fair given that Debian doesn't consider a lot of the recent stuff from the FSF "free" either. RMS doesn't like the non-free archive the Debian project keeps, and Debian doesn't "like" the DFSG-incompatible stuff the GNU project ships.
The GFDL did more to keep the "non-free" .deb archive and support structure alive within Debian than anything else ever did, IMO... Talks within Debian about decomissioning non-free have gone silent for a while now, AFAIK. IMHO, too much important stuff lives in non-free currently to even consider doing that, thanks to the GFDL.
Resisting the binary blob -> Debian
Posted Nov 14, 2006 21:03 UTC (Tue) by seyman (subscriber, #1172) [Link]
<p><em>There is one distribution where</em></p>
<p>Going further down the road, isn't this the whole point of having distributions in the first place ?</p>
<p>There are distributions that are turn-key in nature, that will come fully loaded with all the binary bits you need to get every last bit's worth out of your computer (well, provided your architecture is approved by all your vendors) and the only thing it will cost you is your freedom.</p>
<p>And existing besides those distributions, there are those that actually try to preserve that freedom and do their best to serve their users without taking their liberties away from them.</p>
<p>Why can't people chose one or the other ?</p>
Resisting the binary blob -> Debian
Posted Nov 14, 2006 21:05 UTC (Tue) by seyman (subscriber, #1172) [Link]
[Sorry about the parent post.Wrong button.]
There is one distribution where
Going further down the road, isn't this the whole point of having distributions in the first place ?
There are distributions that are turn-key in nature, that will come fully loaded with all the binary bits you need to get every last bit's worth out of your computer (well, provided your architecture is approved by all your vendors) and the only thing it will cost you is your freedom.
And existing besides those distributions, there are those that actually try to preserve that freedom and do their best to serve their users without taking their liberties away from them.
Why can't people chose one or the other ?