Rob Myers said : > On 10/02/2010 05:19 PM, Bernardo Barros wrote: > >Fedora has no non-free software in their repositories. But I think > >they are not listed because of the fedora kernel itself. > > http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html > > "Fedora does have a clear policy about what can be included in the > distribution, and it seems to be followed carefully. The policy > requires that most software and all fonts be available under a free > license, but makes an exception for certain kinds of nonfree > firmware. Unfortunately, the decision to allow that firmware in the > policy keeps Fedora from meeting the free system distribution > guidelines."
So if I understand this page correctly, regarding package sources and derived distros, any Debian or Ubuntu based (live) distro would not qualify as free system distro, unless they would copy the whole Ubuntu/Debian repositories without the nonfree bits? a. -- http://su.kuri.mu --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
