Non FOSS and Fedora

Adam Kosmin akosmin at nyc.rr.com
Tue Jan 13 00:04:20 UTC 2004


That's an easy one to answer. I have no plans to buy NVIDIA hardware because of this very issue.

Best,

Adam Kosmin


Matt H (mrh2k2 at cox.net) wrote:
" On Monday 12 January 2004 02:51 am, Adam Kosmin wrote:
" > Is it appropriate to encourage people to install non-FOSS software on
" > Fedora?
" 
" Does your view apply to installation of closed source drivers as well? I ask 
" because I use an NVIDIA video card and the only "realistic" option is to 
" install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers. It would seem short-sited to not 
" inform users of how to install these drivers just to maintain the "Only Free 
" Software" philosophy.
" 
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