[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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