Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is Ubuntu set to become non-free?
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> | To recap: ?Only free software, unless absolutely required?. I don't
> | think that I am alone when I say that a 3D desktop is not an absolute
> | requirement, so it looks like Ubuntu is abandoning it's own philosophy
> | for Feisty Fawn. The arguement is that new converts are clamoring en
> | masse for the 3D desktop. Enabling it by default will make many users
> | switch from Windows or OSX to Ubuntu.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | All of a sudden gNewSense doesn't sound so rediculous. When I first
> | read the gNewSense announcement I considered it mainly propaganda.
> | It's just Ubuntu with the essential firmware mentioned in the
> | Ubuntu Philosophy removed. But if Ubuntu starts shipping more
> | than the required binary blobs then I will consider it a very
> | viable alternative. Either that or just plain Debian.
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> http://www.jejik.com/articles/2006/11/is_ubuntu_set_to_become_non-free/
Yeah, I'm not going to pay much heed to an armchair financial analyst
who can't spell "ridiculous".
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