On 6/10/10 9:13 AM, "Remco" <remc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Meh, you can still use the original kernel if you want to. It's (mostly) free > software after all. ;)
By the same token, you (and the handful of others who share these concerns) can still use a forked kernel if you want to. Or "The HURD". Go wild. That would seem to be a lot less effort for those who don't especially care about this, i.e. the ones you and others are asking to do this work on your behalf. > ...politics is always part of open source! There is no other reason for the > "Use only free software" option on the cd installer. Whether or not this "free > kernel" is needed, I don't know. If the "use only free software" option also > gets rid of all blobs in the kernel, then I don't see the need. I disagree: these "politics" are part of "free software", not "open source software". There's nothing in the OSI Definition dictating that you remove the option to use non-open source software from users if that's their choice. Feel free to point out where I've missed it, if you believe it's in there. If you don't know "whether or not this 'free kernel' is needed", perhaps your time would be better spent getting an authoritative answer to that question rather than insisting that a possibly unnecessary option needs to be thrown into the build (and tested and regressed and, and, and...) (If there's another common thread in these things, it seems to be the idea that a bunch of other people who presumably have better things to do--and are doing them--will simply _stop_ in order to cater to a demand presented by someone who's not willing/able to do the heavy lifting themselves.) Having gotten that authoritative answer, I'm _still_ not sure it would have the slightest bit of relevance here. Go create a "FSF-Buntu" or something, if you feel the burning need. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
