On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 2010-03-17 16:35, Neal Hogan wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 2010-03-17 10:40, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Installing Gnash screws up Flash. >>>> >>>> That is the core of the problem that needs to be fixed. >>>> There's no reason the two shouldn't be able to coexist peacefully so >>>> that each user on the machine can choose which flash player she wants >>>> to use. >>>> >>> The rub is that Debian doesn't officially know that Flash exists. Even if >>> it >>> did, too many DDs are morally opposed to closed-source to want to Depend >>> on >>> it. >> >> I highly suspect a flame-war here, but isn't against the >> "Stallmanian-principle" for a linux machines to play with those >> proprietary kids AT ALL. That is, debian (or any other linux) should >> not even consider talking with that kind of software. I'm just curious >> how many linux users/devs/etc maintain that position, given that I'm >> not one of those users. >> > > Enough DDs are sufficiently practical for there to be a non-free tree, and > Christian Marillat does yeoman's work with > http://www.debian-multimedia.org/. >
<no flames intended> Ok . . . that's fine, but I'm still curious about the number of debian-user@ folks who appreciate or abide by or whatever the "Stallman-point-o-view." P.S. -- . . . and if I'm lucky, why Stallman might not be relevant to the linux project. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ab7b49bc1003171715p1aab039fm7a66d0543c0ee...@mail.gmail.com