On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 20:25:04 -0700 Ian wrote: > I would never ask that the > core - though free - not be coded in such a way that someone may install > non-free software on it.
no one could reasonably ask that; because it is impossible to accomplish - the only way to prevent it, would be with some non-free, non-removable gate-keeper program - if that mechanism were free, people could easily remove it