> I agree that the nonfree data should not be included in Parabola but I > personally disagree about the blacklisting.
It's easier here: https://gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#non-functional-data (which we follow) forbids NC. The idea is that a business could sell CDs with Parabola packages. > There is a huge difference between Free Software and Free Culture: Free > Software is a social movement while Free Culture is a cultural movement. Why isn't it also a social movement, and why it's a separate movement? (I don't believe it's possible to obsolete DRM without obsoleting nonfree cultural works. Laws made to prevent users from modifying or sharing cultural works restrict software: see DMCA.) > But most importantly, art is free from many of the implications of > software: you will never be relying on art to monitor your heart rate, > for example (and if so, it means it's powered by either hardware or > software). And software will never use art, and it's obvious for us if a work will have a practical purpose while copyright exists? (I don't believe I could correctly predict what happens during next 130 years, and this is assuming no copyright extensions.) > Parabola is a free distro and as such, I agree that it should commit to > Freedom, 100%. But at the same time, I see no reason the *code* > shouldn't be distributed, if it's fully free. It shouldn't be distributed if it cannot be used with only data that we distribute.
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