On Wed, 09 Nov 2016, Jean Louis wrote: > On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 10:05:05PM +1100, Riley Baird wrote: > > Jean Louis, these points aren't really relevant - we're considering > > whether the OS is free, not the hardware. > > May I be more precise, the purpose of discussion is to see of the Free > System Distribution fits into the Free System Distribution Guidelines > (GNU FSDG) -- and not just whether the OS is free or its packages.
I thin Jean Louis analysis is absolutely relevant and punctual. tl;dr - an 100% free distro should not include, recommend nor facilitate the installation of non-free software. a bios firmware is also distributed software OTOH, the reaction of calling his analysis FUD is really odd. ciao