How Debian handles it [LWN.net]

How Debian handles it

Posted Sep 30, 2008 21:50 UTC (Tue) by jmorris42 (subscriber, #2203)
In reply to: How Debian handles it by dmarti
Parent article: openSUSE and the distribution of proprietary software

> On Debian, I can run "vrms" to see what proprietary stuff if any
> I have installed...

That tool isn't good enough. Here is what vrms says about one of my machines:

jester:~# vrms
No non-free packages installed on jester! rms would be proud.

One little problem... jester is a fully functional MythTV front and backend. It can rip and play DVDs, play video and music in a multitude of patented formats, etc. RMS would not be proud of that machine.

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How Debian handles it

Posted Oct 1, 2008 17:54 UTC (Wed) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

Unless it has proprietary as opposed to patent encumbered stuff, RMS would still be happy.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-system-distribution-gu...