I think he we was getting at how it is benefitial for end users. What does
the source code liecening terms let you do as an end user you generally
couldn't do otherwise?
Keep pushing back against the university. Make people aware of it. Every time
you encounter a problem complain! Make others aware. The more costly it is
for them to ignore the problem the better.
We need to demand free software compatibility. The US is better I think most
of the time than
http://libre.thinkpenguin.com/
Note: I'm not sure this works in China. We run a Tor node (non-exit). I
forget if the IP address it is assigned to is the same as the Tor node. We
have never had a Chinese customer. We have had customers from other countries
in the region.
If you would like
Complain to the banks and stop using them. I don't know how many banks a
typical Chinese city has. I know a small town in the US though generally has
many banks to choose from.
That said depending on your needs there are banking features that are almost
impossible to get in the US without
1) We aren't huge on wine. Wine is a compatibility layer mostly used to
just run non-free programs. I have used wine one time and that was just to
get the screenshots for the documentation on how to
[https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/burn-trisquel-cd-images burn trisquel disks on
windows]
Here is trisquel-grub.png
My point is simple, freedom is meaningless if the users have to give up too
many things.
I respect your opinion, and here's mine: freedom DOES matter even if it means
giving up a lot (in some cases even everything). I would highly suggest you
read Mako's article on When Free Software Isn't
It's not true that the FSF doesn't approve of any BDS system because of the
other free licenses they uses. They do recommend the latest GNU GPL license
for most software mainly because of it's copy-left function, but this isn't
mandatory for a program to be approved by them.
They don't
I think this pretty much shows the conflict between the camps or at least the
BSD license:
The GPL can present a real problem for those wishing to commercialize and
profit from software. For example, the GPL adds to the difficulty a graduate
student will have in directly forming a company
I'm also in the camp where I felt that 4.0 was better looking and more
polished than the newer versions. For example, I still have no idea why they
went with the ugly trash icon for the desktop in newer releases when the 4.0
one was better looking. This is a good guide and will keep in mind
Just saw this today that Ubuntu 12.04 will be kept down to ISO size due to
backlash. It does make sense considering the beta ISOs were barely over the
CD size and not like 2-4 GB which would require a DVD. Kudos to Canonical:
I agree, bring back the old trash can :)!
It is a [https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/brigantia-development known issue that
the ISO's are too big]. See the development page. It is the first item on
there.
Ok that first article you linked is about open-source and making $$.
[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free software] (what we are
concerned about here) is black and white. Does a license provide for the 4
freedoms or not. Both the modified BSD license and GPL are both free
We have looked at FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and other BSD distributions in terms of
chipset support. If you think Trisquel lacks support for hardware then BSD
doesn't support anything at all.
:)
While some of our products do work with at least some BSD flavors a lot of
it is only on the verge of
I like how the Linux Mint distribution does it (to a degree). They offer two
flavors. The CD version includes just the critical programs and the DVD
version includes everything else.
I actually think sticking to restricting the distribution to the software
which will fit on a CD is a bad
I think Canonical does a great job supporting the ecosystem by providing a
lot of resources even though they really haven't made money on Ubuntu yet and
is still Shuttleworth's money. They also got the support of companies and
universities to mirror their packages all over the US which is
I'm in the camp where I think they should not include LibreOffice Draw, Math,
and Base since the majority of people will not use them. If I am using a
vector based editor, it is either Inkscape or Scribus. If I'm doing database
work, it is mainly with MySQL or MongoDB. I'm guessing Base is
I haven't looked into the space that Math requires once Writer is installed
although I suspect it is inconsequential and you won't actually gain much by
removing. At least that is my experience with a distribution I worked on many
years ago. The two share libraries (as do many other
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