Miles Fidelman wrote: > we have plenty of both FOSS Linux and BSD > distributions, plus a few OpenSolaris varients
Very few of these fully respect User Freedom. It would be very useful if the FSF would coordinate a GNU/Linux distribution that both contains only Free Software *and* is initially light-weight enough to be used on constrained hardware yet with the potential for the user to easily add the extra whiz- bang features they may want on faster machines. This platform could be a vehicle for spreading the understanding of why User Freedom matters. But part of this will require the FSF to buy and maintain even more hardware than they already own. The FSF should also spearhead the creation of alternatives to Gmail and Fakebook and AWS and any sort of 'cloud' service. The costs could be paid in the same way those corporations pay their costs - through advertising or whatever they use. But to do so would require we put some effort into understanding how to share hardware in a way that preserves User Freedom even as it scales in size. Is anyone interested in helping me tackle this problem? Or will we just continue to beg the corporations and wonder why they will not do "the right thing" - even though they are legally obligated to NOT do the right thing, for to do so would be to allow us the freedom that naturally eliminates the profits they intend to perpetuate because of their ignorant choice of investors that require that value as reward. Sincerely, Patrick Anderson http://SocialSufficiencyCoalition.BlogSpot.com http://ImputedProduction.BlogSpot.com
