Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 28, 2005 21:14 UTC (Thu) by piman (guest, #8957)
Parent article: Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Of course, I seem to recall RMS making the same statement about some other distribution (LinEx?) last year, only to have many people point out scads of non-free software in it.

For example, has Ututo-e done the work of removing all the non-free code from X? The Linux kernel? Random programs that ship non-free RSA implementations? The Python profiler? Are they shipping an improperly-linked copy of RPM? etc. Maybe it lacks the "big" non-free software like Java, but what's the point if you let it infest the rest of your system in small pieces?

Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 29, 2005 12:37 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]

Of course, I seem to recall RMS making the same statement about some other distribution (LinEx?) last year, only to have many people point out scads of non-free software in it.

Yes, it was Linex, since renamed as "gnuLinEx". I would guess that gnuLinEx developers were overzealous when presenting their free distribution; and RMS's stated purpose is to remind people once in a while of the importance of using free software. So it's not an important mistake.

Ututo-e, the 'only free distribution' (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 30, 2005 3:12 UTC (Sat) by mem (guest, #517) [Link]

Nope, they have a big chunk of non-free stuff in their distribution. I pointed out the most balant non-free programs included in Ututu-e to RMS and he forwarded the information to the developers. I got no comment back on the non-free pieces inside the kernel. If you point specific files to RMS he'll forward and they'll remove.

When I pointed out that he was being deceived he didn't like that comment much, so I recommend you to limit yourself to "this file is non-free because of this reason".