On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Sam Tuke <[email protected]> wrote: > I see that the Ubuntu homepage (www.ubuntu.com/) makes no mention of > either GNU or Linux. > > This seems a very serious omission to me. > > I don't find it reassuring that the most popular desktop GNU/Linux doesn't > seem to think its an important association to make. > > Perhaps a little haranguing is in order? >
Sam, That is because they can't. It is about licensing. They ship non-free or proprietary software with their distribution, such as Flash which prohibits them from adhering to the 4 freedoms of the GNU philosophy. You can find GNU's own stance on Ubuntu here.<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/common-distros.html> Gregory > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > -- Title: Fedora Ambassador Netherlands User Homepage: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gmzysk PGP Fingerprint: 4643 E1AE 1AAD 85D4 6276 7C42 3591 A189 B8BF 04D6
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