Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Nonfree jpegxr in ghostscript

2014-08-06 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
On 07/08/14 06:23, Sam Geeraerts wrote: > Op Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:47:24 +0200 > schreef m...@mtjm.eu (Michał Masłowski): > >> Hello. A user found a nonfree library source being bundled with >> Ghostscript. >> (snip) >> Debian removes that library, so it should be already fixed in derived >> distro

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] choosealicense.com fork with better wording, perhaps ?

2014-08-04 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
On 05/08/14 12:10, Felipe Sanches wrote: > Is there something similar to http://choosealicense.com/ but with language > better aligned to the mission of the free software movement ? I don't know, but personally, I think that a fork over something like this would be a bad idea. We don't fork every

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] CAcert root certificate non-free?

2014-07-06 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
> Input on what FSDG distributions should do would be much appreciated. While not specifically on FSDG distributions, [1] should give you an idea of what other distributions do. For a *lot* of views on whether they should be included in a strictly free distro, see Debian bug #718434 [2]. [1] http

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Endorsed distro review for LibreCMC

2014-06-08 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
>> I'm working on creating a libre version of u-boot with the hopes >> of talking to the u-boot project in the future. > > A version or tools to deblob any useful version? Many boards that > might be good targets for non-embedded distros have their own forks > of u-boot. > > I used Linux-libre's

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Endorsed distro review for LibreCMC

2014-06-06 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
On 29/05/14 00:52, Michał Masłowski wrote: > I believe the u-boot source downloaded by LibreCMC (and LibreWRT) > contains sourceless firmware blobs that we should remove. They are > not used by any supported device. > > At least these paths inside u-boot-2013.10 might contain nonfree > code: >

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Endorsed distro review for LibreCMC

2014-05-28 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
On 17/05/14 03:51, Joshua Gay wrote: > Hello, > > I would greatly appreciate your help in helping me review LibreCMC to > see if it can become an endorsed distro. > > I suspect that this should be a pretty easy small distro to check. > > Distro name: LibreCMC > > Source repo:

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] GdNewHat info and request for endorsement.

2014-04-18 Thread Riley Baird (Orthogonal)
On 19/04/14 04:45, Jason Self wrote: > If there are no glaring problems they're then > referred to the gnu-linux-libre mailing list > for further evaluation and discussion. What do we need to evaluate/discuss before it is accepted?