Re: Why doesn't debian remove the proprietary software from it's servers?
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 09:53:07AM -0400, Mike Viau wrote:
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> > On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:50:07 -0400 <kjetil1001@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I ran this command on my laptop, and the returned list includes:
> >
> > gdb-doc - The GNU Debugger Documentation
> >
> > ?Why the hell is gdb-doc not free?
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>
> I was wondering the same thing about the gcc-doc package.
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> >
> > >On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 06:36, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > On Mi, 27 apr 11, 12:09:56, Klistvud wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Seems a quite reasonable policy to me. Of course, we all wish we
> > >> could run free software ponly on our machines, but the time doesn't
> > >> seem ripe for that.
> > >
> > > But we are getting closer every year:
> > >
> > > $ aptitude search '~s"non-free|contrib"~i!~M'
> > > i firmware-iwlwifi - Binary firmware for Intel Wireless 3945, 4
> > > i flashplugin-nonfree - Adobe Flash Player - browser plugin
> > > i nvidia-glx - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
> > > i nvidia-settings - Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics d
> > > i opera - A fast and secure web browser and Internet
> > > i skype - Skype
> > > i sun-java6-plugin - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6
> > > i unrar - Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free versio
> > >
> > > of these I could get rid of Opera anytime (I don't actually use it, but
> > > I test it from time to time) and probably the Java plugin (I don't even
> > > recall why it's installed).
> > >
> > > There is work in progress for replacements for the nvidia driver and the
> > > flash plugin (but still not entirely there).
> > >
> > > firmware-iwlwifi will be tough, because Intel claims it has to do with
> > > (FCC?) compliance and unrar because it's still quite widespread (but
> > > actually useless for compressed movies and mp3s, so it's more of a user
> > > education thing).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andrei
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> > >
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GFDL and non-invariant sections, perhaps?
AndyC
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