Fedora: Freedom is a Feature.
M Daniel R Magarzo
b2.mdr.magarzo at gmail.com
Tue Oct 9 22:36:37 UTC 2007
El dom, 07-10-2007 a las 21:36 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen escribió:
> Debian has non-free bits floating around in their universe.
And probably your own Fedora system too.
I suppose that everything would depend on how we would define the system
"universe" (limits, etc.)
I don't know much people (actually no one) that configure their system
ignoring some well-know repositories, like livna, adobe, or others... In
fact, without them, a Fedora system wouldn't be so attractive/effective
(in terms of variety of packages) for a majority of average users.
Those are facts, not hypocrisy.
Sometimes, following rules strictly just lead to a decrease or maybe a
lack of freedom indeed. On the other hand, everyone is free to follow
their way...and see.
Probably what makes to Red Hat (and therefore Fedora) be away from
non-free bytes are not actually principles, but caution against possible
legal issues. As the (Chaucer universal well-known) saying goes..."to
make a virtue of necessity".
> Although
> most have a different definition of Freedom, Fedora picks the most
> extreme and, in essence, the only real definition of Freedom.
>
Do you really believe this...???
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeroen van Meeuwen
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Take care,
Daniel
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