On Jul 10, 2010, Rubén Rodríguez <[email protected]> wrote: > The user lluvia at #trisquel just pointed me to the README file in the > linux tree. It contains this description:
> WHAT IS LINUX? > Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by > Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers > across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification > compliance. > I think the deblobber should replace the README with something better, > describing what linux-libre and GNU are. Thanks for the suggestions. Sorry that it took me so long to implement it. Here's what I've just added to deblob-2.6.37, in preparation for the upcoming 2.6.37-libre (we can already deblob -rc8 into a clean, working kernel, yay!) grep -q Linux-libre README || clean_sed ' 1,3 s,Linux kernel release.*kernel\.org.*,Linux-libre <http://linux-libre.fsfla.org>, 2,5 s,Linux version 2.6,Linux-libre, 1,20 s,\(operating system \)\?Unix,Unix kernel, /WHAT IS LINUX/i\ WHAT IS Linux-libre?\ \ Linux-libre is a Free version of Linux (see below), suitable for\ use with the GNU Operating System in 100% Free System Distributions.\ http://www.gnu.org/distros/\ \ It removes non-Free components from Linux, that are disguised as\ source code or distributed in separate files. It also disables\ run-time requests for non-Free components, shipped separately or\ as part of Linux, and documentation pointing to them, so as to\ avoid (Free-)baiting users into the trap of non-Free Software.\ http://www.fsfla.org/anuncio/2010-11-Linux-2.6.36-libre-debait\ \ Linux-libre started within the gNewSense GNU/Linux distribution.\ It was later adopted by Jeff Moe, who coined its name, and in 2008\ it became a project maintained by FSF Latin America.\ \ Although the Linux-libre project takes a minimal-changes approach\ to cleaning up Linux, making no effort to substitute components\ that need to be removed with functionally equivalent Free ones,\ we encouraged and support efforts towards doing so.\ \ Our mascot is Freedo, a light-blue penguin that has just come out\ of the the shower. Although we like penguins, GNU is a much greater\ contribution to the entire system, so its mascot deserves more\ promotion. See our web page for their images.\ http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/\ ' README 'added blurb about Linux-libre' Suggestions for improvement? -- Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/ You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member Free Software Evangelist Red Hat Brazil Compiler Engineer _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
