On Saturday 01 March 2003 03:21 am, antoine wrote: > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2564 > > Product: Installation > Component: stage1 > Summary: leveraging political awareness during the installation > process > Version: 1.799 > Platform: All > URL: http://infos.samizdat.net/article.php3?id_article=75 > OS/Version: All > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: enhancement > Priority: P2 > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In 2001, Richard Stallman and Jacques Le Marois have agreed that future > releases of Mandrake Linux would introduce the user to the danger of > software patents by a special screen during the installation process. > However, this feature has not been integrated, to my knowledge. Is it due > to a change in policy, or lack of time ? > > The announce (in French) about the agreement can be read here ; it was > written by Loic Dachary, head of the FSF France : > http://infos.samizdat.net/article.php3?id_article=75 > > A text in English describing the general idea of "software against software > patents" has also been written by the same Loic Dachary : > http://france.fsfeurope.org/news/article2001-06-26-01.en.html > > As an author and supporter of free software, and a Mandrake Linux user, I > am strongly in favor of such a feature which would also underline the > commitment of Mandrake to free software philosophy. >
As a Mandrake user I want a good stable distrobution and am not in the least bit interested in reading someones political agenda during installation. I see enough political crap in the newpapers everyday. There are plenty of other means of getting this message across in news groups and other media. Please keep the installation process as clean and orderly as possible!!! And before any flames come my way, I AM a supporter of free software. Jon
