While I think this is great that they are doing it, I am a bit afraid of this. Or, maybe more to the point, I think it's BS.
Ubuntu was founded on the Social Contract, and that meant a commitment to keep things Free. Ubuntu went back on that, showing that they DIDN'T care about freedom as the primary objective. Will we trust them now? I think gNewSense as a distro makes more sense than some side version of Ubuntu. The focus in gNS will ALWAYS be Freedom, above all other things. That's a kind of kinship, like-mindedness and security that I don't take for granted. Perhaps the FSF and gNS heads could contact Ubuntu? Let the people who CARE about Freedom produce the Free distro, that is, gNewSense. If they want to support Freedom, kick some funds to the project. On 2/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark Shuttleworth has recently announced in his site (http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/95) that "In addition to all of this, we have restarted the effort to produce a flavour of Ubuntu that includes no proprietary drivers or firmware at all. In fact, this flavour will take an ultra-conservative approach to all forms of content on the .iso, whether that be artistic or code. More on that initiative later." How will this affect gNewSense, if at all? Have there been any contacts from Mark, the ubuntu team or Canonical about this? -- Email and shopping with the feelgood factor! 55% of income to good causes. http://www.ippimail.com _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
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