A Dom, 2003-08-17 às 10:24, David Fokkema escreveu: > I don't know. I just installed vrms and checked my system: > > No non-free packages installed on sirius! rms would be proud. > > I don't really know what RMS is talking about. Just that it is > _possible_ to install non-free software makes Debian a lesser distro? I > don't know about GNU/LinEx, but I _do_ know that Debian has some > technical advantages that can't be dismissed on ethical grounds like: > 'Well, it _is_ possible to install it, right? No, worse. It is even > packaged for/by Debian.' From my point of view, the issue with debian and non-free software has less to do with the non-free repository, and more with installers. You can find a bunch of them by doing: apt-cache search installer These are free packages that install non-free software. The means that even if you don't have any user installed code on the machine you may have non-free software installed (that's just one of the why vrms will give you an incomplete picture). One of the reasons I chose debian had to do with not having to care about license issues as long as I don't use non-free. Then I found installers and became a bit more careful... -- João Miguel Neves <joao@silvaneves.org>
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