Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Isaac David
i'd like to point out the issue raised by the OP isn't really about PureOS. any distro shipping regular Gnome 3 is equally concerned. Jean Louis wrote : On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 11:01:48AM -0500, Isaac David wrote: wouldn't that count as an invitation to run nonfree Javascript

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] yes, this is great freedom problem

2018-08-02 Thread Isaac David
ent. i am a Gnome user myself, but this has always struck me as weird. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 Ring: c8ba5620e080bef9470efb314c257304ff9480f5 Tox: 0C730E0156E96E6193A1445D413557FF5F277BA969A4EA20AC9352889D3B390E77651E816F0C <https://isacdaavid.info/donate>

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] DSFG in perpetuity

2018-04-03 Thread Isaac David
Google.com while the browser is idling. By *the only project* do you mean you also tested with Qt Webengine-based programs? Conclusions about Chromium need not apply to Qt Webengine. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 Ring: c8ba5620e080

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] DSFG in perpetuity

2018-04-01 Thread Isaac David
FSDG-compliant version. [1]: http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qtwebengine/2017-January/000409.html [2]: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374808 [3]: https://wiki.qt.io/QtWebEngine [4]: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/qt5-webengine#n45 --

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] DSFG in perpetuity

2018-03-26 Thread Isaac David
pers themselves. [Ungoogled Chromium]: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium [case against Qt-Webengine]: https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/1167 -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943 Ring: c8ba5620e080bef9470efb314c257304ff9480f5 Tox: 0C730E0156E96E6193A1445D413557FF5F277BA

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Blender, SuperTuxKart and The Battle for Wesnoth.

2017-08-28 Thread Isaac David
Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote : Indeed, you are right, it doesn't say that. If we take this case as it is (and put the campaigns' issue aside), then it can be assumed to be OK. However, I think we shouldn't be making these assumptions, it would be best to have this ambiguity clarified. i wouldn

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Blender, SuperTuxKart and The Battle for Wesnoth.

2017-08-22 Thread Isaac David
rg/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#documentation -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Blender, SuperTuxKart and The Battle for Wesnoth.

2017-08-13 Thread Isaac David
linux-libre/2017-08/msg00043.html just a friendly clarification for OP and everyone else, because I saw Parabola mentioned in the subject line: that distro has more stringent a policy regarding artwork than GNU asks for, so discussion of such issues should stay within Parabola. -- Isaac Davi

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnu.org "Free GNU/Linux distributions" list updates

2017-08-06 Thread Isaac David
free by the FSF. -- Isaac David GPG: 38D33EF29A7691134357648733466E12EC7BA943

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Free firmware - A redefinition of the term and a new metric for it's measurement.

2017-02-03 Thread Isaac David
ther have free firmware and a clumsy external programmer board than proprietary firmware handled by the kernel. a final unimportant note: EEPROMS that are flashable solely from the OS are a thing. Aren't they, hardware gurus? -- Isaac David

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [libreplanet-discuss] QTWebengine is nonfree

2017-01-14 Thread Isaac David
evant to the ethical discussion. [1]: https://lintian.debian.org/maintainer/pkg-chromium-ma...@lists.alioth.debian.org.html#chromium-browser[2]: https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/catapult/tracing/third_party/d3/d3.min.js -- Isaac David GPG:

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

2016-06-15 Thread Isaac David
Le mar. 14 juin 2016 à 22:16, Isaac David a écrit : essentially the same Luke Shumaker's latest version I mean "same as Luke Shumaker's"

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

2016-06-14 Thread Isaac David
Le mar. 14 juin 2016 à 21:09, coadde a écrit : I would give you my proposal based on opinions made by all users in these days here, what do you think guys? Besides adding a link to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OpinionLicenses and not explicitly mentioning license texts and t

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] Fwd: Re: [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

2016-06-14 Thread Isaac David
Le mar. 14 juin 2016 à 8:58, Adonay Felipe Nogueira a écrit : Unless I'm really blind right know (which happens some times), I can't see how the requirements of the Definition of Free Cultural Works are present in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Julie never mentioned the UDHR. There

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

2016-06-10 Thread Isaac David
Le ven. 10 juin 2016 à 20:18, concernedfoss...@teknik.io a écrit : Arch linux is steadily becoming Systemd/Linux rather than GNU/Linux as systemd gradually, inevitably, rewrites all the various little utilities in it's image. Why does it do this? Why so you can use them (and increasingly other

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

2016-06-10 Thread Isaac David
Le jeu. 9 juin 2016 à 18:54, Luke a écrit : On 06/09/2016 07:46 PM, André Silva wrote: On 06/09/2016 08:08 PM, Riley Baird wrote: What about "Arch (the GNU/Linux distribution)"? +1 I agree with your suggestion because it solves this issue for the Social Contract. If FSF and Arch Team is

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [libreplanet-discuss] freedom problems in docker

2016-04-15 Thread Isaac David
Le ven. 15 avril 2016 à 17:51, Richard Stallman a écrit : What is docker? I don't think I recognize that name. An application container format for GNU/Linux systems. Docker packages (called containers) are popular for deploying isolated Internet applications. These containers are sort of a

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] MAME emulator is giving incentive to use non-free software

2016-03-31 Thread Isaac David
Hi, Parabola does ship fully free emulators for which no free games exist. At this moment the user has to opt-in for installing your-freedom_emu to block those packages, so it actually falls down somewhere between your "liberal" and "extremely liberal" categories. My view was that while useless

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [Riley Baird] LibertyBSD - OpenBSD minus the blobs

2014-12-29 Thread Isaac David Reyes González
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Isaac David Reyes González < isacdaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Hell, this is though". > Tough I mean

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] [Dev] [Riley Baird] LibertyBSD - OpenBSD minus the blobs

2014-12-29 Thread Isaac David Reyes González
"Better" is very broad. Most people in these lists would see the GPL as an advantage, but none would deny that Clang or LLVM are essentially free and compatible (maybe after some proofreading work) with the FSF's Free System Distribution Guidelines. As much as I prefer GCC and the GNU GPL in genera