Apologies for the double post - I made a mistake and broke the threading. Pasted duplicate follows:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:52:30 -0900 Anthony Patarini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My personal > ideal situation is one in which gNewSense provides absolutely no > non-free software by default, and does not link to or advocate the use > of non-free software, but does not waste the effort to remove components > that are Free in and of themselves. I think I agree with this position. I think it's going too far to remove even the possibility of users choosing anything non-free. In any case, those who choose to install gNewSense would do so *because* they are already aware of the freedom issues, so haranguing them, or refusing to allow them to decide for themselves is kind of insulting, I suggest. > > removing anything that interacts with non-free isnt functional... > > unless we dont need openoffice :) > > kk > I don't get your meaning, sorry. :( Well, Open Office.org allows the use of non-free Microsoft Office formats, for a start: - but the software that does that is, in itself, "free", just as Samba allows interaction with MS networking "protocols", but is Free Software. Peter _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
