On 11/09/2016 04:33 PM, Jaromil wrote:
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.
Not really.
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
We do not recommend nor faciliate installation of non-free software, and
if the bios firmware is the issue then all OSes fail on any hardware
post 2009 - but I thought OS is separate from hardware in this
discussion, maybe I am wrong.
OTOH, the reaction of calling his analysis FUD is really odd.
Constructive points and suggestions will help, fanaticism will bring us
nowhere.
ciao
