Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]
On Friday 04 April 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 10:04:46AM +0200, Ivan Savcic wrote:
> > AFAIK, RMS considers only one distribution to be really and truly
> > free -- it's the Gentoo based Ututo[1]. He talked about this in his
> > talk he held in Belgrade, Serbia.
>
> I have a problem with this. Debian, in it's default install is almost
> assuredly GNU free. And it has the additional freedom of allowing the
> user to choose to use non-free software within the structure of it's
> packaging system. IMO that is more free than preventing people from
> using the software they want.
>
> .02
Another interesting note, from the same RMS talk. Someone pointed out
that people had the freedom to choose so they should be able to choose
non-free if they want. His response? A person never has the choice to
be a slave.
Hal
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