[GNU-linux-libre] Reviewing the GNU system for FSDG compliance

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

A while back I submitted a request for review to mark the GNU
distribution (built with GNU Guix) as a free distro [0].  However, at
the time the system did not stand alone, and packages could only be
installed on a running GNU/Linux system.

This is about to change.  GNU Guix 0.7, due for release in a few days,
will provide an image that one can use to install the GNU system on real
hardware from a USB key, using Linux-Libre as the kernel.

There are still important limitations [1] that make it unsuitable as a
production system or for newcomers, but OK (and even pretty cool, I dare
say ;-)) as a hacker’s system.

So I wonder if now would be a good time to start reviewing it for FSDG
compliance.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

[0] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2013-09/msg1.html
[1] 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=8e38a37f806a62284c6bce116586d8b66b87


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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Reviewing the GNU system for FSDG compliance

[Jason Self]

Ludovic Courtès said:
 There are still important limitations [1] that make it unsuitable as a
 production system or for newcomers, but OK (and even pretty cool, I
 dare say ;-)) as a hacker’s system.

 So I wonder if now would be a good time to start reviewing it for FSDG
 compliance.

 WDYT?

The upcoming 0.7 seems to address the part about being bootable and
working on real hardware so it seems to make sense to move forward and
take a look at the rest. The limitations mentioned in that file
shouldn't be an issue IMO because, AFAIK, the GNU FSDG doesn't say
that a given system must have a GUI or that it must offer disk
encryption, etc. and being for advanced users seems fine.


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