Re: rms on debian [And all that OT stuff + happy birthday]
What a fun thread! :)
Over 70 posts in a couple of days.
I learned about spelling (whinging, whining, loser), grammar (right,
correct) and debian policies for contrib and non-free. What links may or
may not be on gnu.org, some thought out and some quick responses on what
Debian is and what it means to us and thoughts on free, non-free and
FDL. Lots of thoughts on who RMS is and what he means to us.
Isn't it great?
I'm glad I'm experiancing this. I started using Debian because of what
it's goals seemed to be as described on the web. The community effort
that has gone into shaping this great and evolving distribution is
amazing. I'm in the process of converting from RedHat (of 7 years),
switching to find a more stable (less major upgrades, no re-installs)
server solution, the ability to choose my managed 'bleeding edge' level
for desktop computing and community focused development.
I've read a lot of FSF/GNU articles and use a lot of their code over
other solutions because I agreed with the spirit of what they are doing.
If I didn't have GNU tar, gcc, info, gzip, etc. back then I don't know
if I would be using Debian GNU/Linux to write a post to the debian-user
list right now. Fortunatly the software was there to enable me to make
those choices.
http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=260
If after this whole thread you haven't taken a moment to read the full
article, I strongly recomend it. RMS's responses seemed to be well
thought out and true to his perspective on life and software. You may
note by the way that Debian policies vs GNU/LinEX policies hadn't
inspired him enough to change his laptop from Debian to GNU/LinEX by the
time of the interview.
I am grateful for the freedom to share changed code that the FSF has
granted in it's software and that the multitudes of other programmers
who have chosen to use the GPL license, or other licenses that make this
possible. The freedom to change the FSF code and share those changes
with others in binary and source format is, to me, the spirit of our
community.
As for GNU/LinEx of Extremadura Regional Government, if you haven't
checked out their site at all, at least visit this page that pays
tribute to it's solid Debian roots:
http://www.linex.org/linex2/linex/ingles/linex_tecnico_ing.html
Jacob
jacob@cachevalley.com
Happy birthday Debian!
A big THANK-YOU to _ALL_ the people who've brought it along.
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