The GNU Herds' software distribution tag
Posted Dec 20, 2007 19:46 UTC (Thu) by
davi (guest, #18853)
In reply to:
Insufficiently free? by NAR
Parent article:
Insufficiently free?
The GNU Herds' criteria is an outdated draft.
Applying such criteria to some software distributions:
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Debian GNU/Linux is Almost-Free Software because it contains Non-Free Software BLOBs in its kernel.
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Debian GNU/Hurd is Free Software because it does not ship anything that is Non-Free Software.
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Debian GNU/NetBSD is not classified yet.
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Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is not classified yet.
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Debian is Almost-Free Software. Debian is a general term which refer to Debian GNU/Linux and all Debian ports. The Debian project offers the download of some Non-Free Software packages from its archives and website.
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Ubuntu is Partially-Free Software because it is made of many programs; some are free and some are not.
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Gobuntu is Almost-Free Software. Although Gobuntu's stated policy is to adhere to the Free Software Foundations four freedoms, it presently installs Firefox, which encourages installing non-free plugins. Gobuntu enables downloading of non-free software packages from its archives, and the use of the ubuntu.com domain promotes non-free software.
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gNewSense is Free Software because it does not ship anything that is Non-Free Software neither work to provide easy access to Non-Free Software. A Non-Free Software BLOB not removed from gNewSense is a bug. The gNewSense's policy is to delete any non-free software found in the Linux kernel or elsewhere in the GNU/Linux system.
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OpenBSD is Almost-Free Software because although it does not ship anything that is Non-Free Software it provides for easy installation of Non-Free Software through the ports system. Not many packages though: Java and a few others.
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FreeBSD and NetBSD are Almost-Free Software because provide for easy installation of some Non-Free Software products through the ports system. Besides both contain Non-Free Software BLOBs in its kernel too.
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Mac OS X is tagged as Non-Free Software.
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Microsoft Windows Vista is tagged as Non-Free Software.
P.S.: Tags can be modified at any time due to Software Distribution policy change, etc.
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