[fab] slashdot rough draft
Paul W. Frields
stickster at gmail.com
Tue Aug 15 03:10:10 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 20:20 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> Max Spevack wrote:
> > Is there a place where Ubuntu actually lays out their official policy on
> > that stuff? I wouldn't want to throw that part of an answer in without a
> > link.
>
> Their wiki is full of information on non-free software including
> detailed instructions such as these despite stated philosophies on other
> pages
>
[...snip...]
> Micheal Tiemann pointed out that Ubuntu is also distributing Nvidia
> drivers within their CD's despite their claims on only doing Free software
>
[...snip...]
> Mark ShuttleWorth confirmed that they do and he denies that it is a GPL
> violation since they do dynamic linking in
>
> http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2006/debconf6/theora-small/2006-05-15/tower/Ubuntu_annual_report-Mark_Shuttleworth.ogg
>
> Debian too has a non-free repository which they deny is "officially"
> part of Debian.
>
> When you refer to distributions having a common goal, its good to point
> out that our goals are not so common and Fedora has a much more stronger
> commitment to Free software (which the current work done by Spot is
> going to make more explicit and clean).
Right. There are good reasons to pick one over the other; everyone has
reasons and priorities that matter more to them. If your priorities are
freedom and cutting-edge technology (without the bleeding), you choose
Fedora.
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