On Friday 04 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/04/08 19:09, s. keeling wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 10:04:46AM +0200, Ivan Savcic wrote: > >>> AFAIK, RMS considers only one distribution to be really and truly > >>> free -- it's the Gentoo based Ututo[1]. He talked about this in > >>> his talk he held in Belgrade, Serbia. > >> > >> I have a problem with this. Debian, in it's default install is > >> almost assuredly GNU free. And it has the additional freedom of > >> allowing the user to choose to use non-free software within the > >> structure of its packaging system. IMO that is more free than > >> preventing people from using the software they want. > > > > I have the same problem with it. > > > > This is the best thing I've seen in this thread. The GPL applies > > to developers and distributors who want to use free software in > > their productions, as in re-using other's code. > > > > It does not apply to users. The whole intent of the GPL is to free > > users to be able to use their stuff. Stock Debian is pure GPL. > > Debian is not to blame if its user slurps from debian-multimedia. > > When/if they morph into devs or distribs, then they need to > > consider the GPL, not before. > > You will think as I think, because I think rightly, and if you don't > think the same rightly I think, then you are Evil and must be > destroyed!!!
Sounds like Randy Scouse Git: Why don't you be like me? Why don't you stop and see? Why don't you hate who I hate, Kill who I kill to be free? -- Micky Dolenz (and sung by the Monkees) Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
