Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro

2011-03-14 Thread Jason Self
Thanks, Jaromil. It appears that there are a few different issues going on. It looks like you're trying to compile FreeWRT, not LibreWRT. Our project is located at http://librewrt.org. Even if you turn your attention to LibreWRT, it looks like the device you're referring to requires proprietary

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Smartphones and freedom

2011-02-16 Thread Jason Self
Jaromil jaro...@dyne.org wrote .. my problem with android OS is that, besides it not being free and not being freeable also in my opinion, it uses Java language which i also dislike very much.. :) so what i was looking recently into was Maemo, especially because Jebba (BLAG's old chap) got

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] IRC Channel?

2011-02-03 Thread Jason Self
Graziano wrote: Personally I disagree. Do we need *another* irc channel? We already have many similar ones. IMHO this mailing list is a better tool. Yes -- if for no other reason than the conversations and decisions are archived. :)

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Smartphones and freedom

2011-01-20 Thread Jason Self
Using the first google android developer phone, the ADP1 or even the htc dream, you could make/receive calls using only free software. Didn't they still have the proprietary GSM firmware though? There is a project [1] working to create a free software replacement for that, and the Neo

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Parabola GNU/Linux

2011-01-05 Thread Jason Self
Joshua Ismael wrote: Archlinux has an automatic building system in wich you provide some information and the script automatically build them. For Parabola GNU/Linux we provide scripts for deblobing while building so anyone can compile it's linux-libre kernel from the vanilla source. If

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Parabola GNU/Linux

2011-01-04 Thread Jason Self
Nicolás Reynolds wrote: you hit a known bug on our repo that we're working to solve. Ah; so including kernel26-2.6.36.2-1.src.tar.gz, with its non-free bits, is a bug. Good. :) our own build scripts are here [0], and kernel's is here [1], where you can find that the linux sources are being

[GNU-linux-libre] Parabola GNU/Linux

2011-01-03 Thread Jason Self
Parabola is a GNU/Linux distro that claims to be a fully free copy of Arch. In reviewing it I have some concerns: 1. The Parabola developers perform no rebranding of any kind. This results in the installer claiming to the Arch Linux. I've also found that the GRUB menu lists it as Arch Linux

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] has dosemu freedom issues?

2010-12-21 Thread Jason Self
Henry Jensen wrote: Hello,. a user of my distro asked if we can include dosemu, another user said, that we can't because dosemu has freedom issues. To quote the user: the DOS part needs OpenWatcom (OSS, but NOT libre) or TurboC/TurboC++ (gratis not libre) to build. The DOS part refers

[GNU-linux-libre] The Free Kernel In Debian Squeeze

2010-12-15 Thread Jason Self
In light of Debian's recent announcement [1] I and others were interested in how well the Debian folks cleaned up their kernel. I proceeded to grab the source for the Squeeze kernel, ran the linux-libre deblobbing script on it, and then diffed it against the original to see what had changed. The

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The Free Kernel In Debian Squeeze

2010-12-15 Thread Jason Self
John Sullivan jo...@fsf.org wrote .. If this log shows that there is still nonfree firmware in the kernel... There does seem to be. For example /Documentation/video4linux/extract_xc3028.pl is still around. The program itself is free software, but its sole purpose appears to be extracting

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Emulators

2010-12-14 Thread Jason Self
More about emulators in general, since we've already determined this particular one to have freedom-related problems. Apparently there are resources ([1], [2]) available to learn how to write your own game. And if someone were to create one, or have a copy of one of those that Matt mentioned

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] virtualbox-ose-additions, free or not?

2010-11-23 Thread Jason Self
Nicolás Reynolds fa...@kiwwwi.com.ar wrote .. Thanks for replying, but I think that applies for virtualbox PUEL, which is nonfree altogether, but what about the Open Source Edition (GPL2)? As I understand it, there are two version of VirtualBox (one free, one proprietary) but only one version

[GNU-linux-libre] Re: conseguir un kernel 100 % libre

2010-11-10 Thread Jason Self
Carlos Javier wrote: (Translated to English) ...we will have no choice but to use a distro with a non-free kernel. On the contrary: Absolutely anyone can live in freedom if they make the effort. That may mean replacing hardware if it requires proprietary user-subjugating software with

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Incoming Distros at libreplanet

2010-10-13 Thread Jason Self
Sam Geeraerts wrote: [1] says please ask the distribution's maintainers if they want to follow these free software principles. If they do, and they would like their distribution to be listed here, they should write to g...@gnu.org.. That gave me the impression that FSF/GNU had the review

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