On 12/10/07, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One question particularly relevant for this list is why I don't > recommend OpenBSD. It is not about what the system allows. (Any > general purpose system allows doing anything at all.) It is about > what the system suggests to the user. > > Since I consider non-free software to be unethical and antisocial, I > think it would be wrong for me to recommend it to others. Therefore, > if a collection of software contains (or suggests installation of) > some non-free program, I do not recommend it. The systems I recommend > are therefore those that do not contain (or suggest installation of) > non-free software. > > From what I have heard, OpenBSD does not contain non-free software > (though I am not sure whether it contains any non-free firmware > blobs).
Um, OpenBSD is the only common OS that is actively against blobs. See http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#39 We're on the same side here. > The fact that OpenBSD is not a variant of GNU is not ethically > important. If OpenBSD did not suggest non-free programs, I would > recommend it along with the free GNU/Linux distros. Sir, it was brought up that the linux distributions you do suggest do often include in their ports systems non-free software. See e.g. http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119726055819074&w=2 What do you say to that? Was that a lie or a mistake? Respectfully, -Nick
