On 26/07/07, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it may be unfair to call Gobuntu a "stooge" distro but I think > it may unintentionally do some of the things you mentioned.
Canonical have said they will be including more proprietary drivers in Gustsy around the time Gobuntu was first announced; its a fair criticism imo. > I believe Mark Shuttleworth has a LEGITIMATE desire to put Free > Software on every computer in Ubuntu, but I also believe he's willing > to comprimise and use non-free software until there are Free > replacement. AFAIK Canonical already distribute and promote Real Player, Opera, and VMware, and the Linspire CNR stuff that's coming will make things worse. > I think Gobuntu is his attempt to bring Free Software developers into > Ubuntu and achieve that goal. The goal of compromising on the use non-free software? ;p > Please, look at that example with a bit of suspended disbelief... I > don't know if it's possible to seperate the kernel like that but the > idea stands. Sounds reasonable to me :-) > I see gNewSense as a project to clean up Dapper to make it free, where > as I see Gobuntu as a way to clean up future versions of Ubuntu. Yes > There's overlap, certainly. Even IF Gobuntu ends up being a stooge > distro, information can be shared among ALL Free Software projects, > including ones that may not be, and that benefits Free Software users > in general. In terms of *sociopolitics*, its a stooge distro; in terms of technically building a fully free distro, its a premium contribution to the cause :-) -- Regards, Dave _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
