Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-22 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 21:01 Sat 21 Jan , . wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are actually

[gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread .
Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are actually ruining this goal. I'm also dissatisfied with

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread JD Horelick
On 21 January 2012 13:01, . ivd...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:01:26 +0300 . ivd...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Mart Raudsepp
Hello, On L, 2012-01-21 at 21:01 +0300, . wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? You have all the tools available to only install FSF approved licensed packages through the ACCEPT_LICENSE and related features. I'm sure maintainers don't mind fixing

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Alexandre Rostovtsev
On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 13:09 -0500, JD Horelick wrote: To your first comment, I believe you can put: ACCEPT_LICENSES=@FSF-APPROVED in your /etc/make.conf and with that, portage will only allow you to install software with a license approved by the FSF. It's ACCEPT_LICENSE (singular). Users

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 01:09:45PM -0500, JD Horelick wrote: On 21 January 2012 13:01, . ivd...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)
El 21/01/12 19:01, . escribió: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are actually ruining

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 1/21/12 7:01 PM, . wrote: The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are actually ruining this goal. Forcing people to use a system that doesn't meet their requirements is not the right solution to this problem. It's not like people using one of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Michał Górny
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:01:26 +0300 . ivd...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? It's free. We don't force it to do anything, it may leave any day it wishes. I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. Yes, that's

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Nirbheek Chauhan
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:01:26 +0300 . ivd...@gmail.com wrote: I'm also dissatisfied with the name of the distro. Linux is the kernel not the whole system. Please punish us by removing from distrowatch. Oh wait... I'm

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Markos Chandras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 01/21/2012 06:01 PM, . wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Alec Warner
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4083/5055032357_69d1d1be72.jpg On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 01/21/2012 06:01 PM, . wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Francesco R.(vivo)
On Saturday 21 January 2012 21:56:22 Markos Chandras wrote: On 01/21/2012 06:01 PM, . wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was

Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo

2012-01-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday 21 January 2012 13:01:26 . wrote: Hello there! Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in the main tree. The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. You are