Re: What is preventing Debian from being fully free at this moment?

[John Sullivan <john@wjsullivan.net>]

Fred <frederiquewp@gmail.com> writes:

> I really hope to see this in the future, but I doubt this will happen, but
> please prove me wrong! I'd love to see Debian end up on the really free OS
> list on fsf.org.
>

http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html has the specific reasons.

> PS: Don't offer me gNewSense, it's based on Ubuntu 8.04 and I'd prefer
> Debian above Ubuntu.

The MIPS port of gNewSense (used on the Lemote netbook for example) is
based on Debian.

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-John Sullivan
-Debian Maintainer