Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

2009-06-09 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Richard Stallman schreef: I've heard a report that the Free Pascal Compiler contains some non-free software (and a copyright violation) which was fixed in version 2.2.2. Can you check this, and either remove it or upgrade it? Please ack when you've dealt with this. I've checked this and made

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

2009-06-09 Thread Benedikt Ahrens
This is an excerpt from the changelog, mentioning the problem with copyrighted software: ( see http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=618781group_id=2174 ) (* Changes: Free Pascal Compiler Version 2.2.2

[Gnewsense-dev] Thunderbird recommending non-free software

2009-06-09 Thread Rubén Rodríguez Pérez
I've realized that, as Firefox, Thunderbird points the users to addons.mozilla.org for extensions, a site listing non-free software. This must be avoided redirecting the users to a list of free add-ons. This can be easily fixed by changing some default config chains: $ cat

[Gnewsense-dev] Re: Thunderbird recommending non-free software

2009-06-09 Thread Yavor Doganov
Graziano Sorbaioli wrote: Maybe we should have someone doing a libre gnu thunderbird software just as there is a libre gnu firefox one. GNU mail? :) That would be confused with GNUMail [1], the GNUstep MUA. Plus, there alrady is GNU mail, GNU's implementation of the standard mail program

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Thunderbird recommending non-free software

2009-06-09 Thread Ted Smith
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 19:06 +0300, Yavor Doganov wrote: Graziano Sorbaioli wrote: Maybe we should have someone doing a libre gnu thunderbird software just as there is a libre gnu firefox one. GNU mail? :) That would be confused with GNUMail [1], the GNUstep MUA. Plus, there alrady

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

2009-06-09 Thread crap0101
Il giorno mar, 09/06/2009 alle 09.22 +0200, Sam Geeraerts ha scritto: Richard Stallman schreef: I've heard a report that the Free Pascal Compiler contains some non-free software (and a copyright violation) which was fixed in version 2.2.2. Can you check this, and either remove it or

Thoughts on Design Principles was Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

2009-06-09 Thread Paul O'Malley - gnu's not unix -
*maybe* we can safety upgrade the package using the version 2.2.2-8 from the jaunty repos. I tried to install it ( and its dependence fp-units-rtl ) ~$ dpkg -i fp-compiler_2.2.2-8_i386.deb fp-units-rtl_2.2.2-8_i386.deb and i got no errors or warnings, they works. Or build a new package from the

Re: Thoughts on Design Principles was Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

2009-06-09 Thread crap0101
Il giorno mar, 09/06/2009 alle 19.18 +0100, Paul O'Malley - gnu's not unix - ha scritto: Or build a new package from the last version? trying that is the fastest way to fall flat on your face ...so remove it? :) --- SIP address: crap0...@ekiga.net GPG

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Thunderbird recommending non-free software

2009-06-09 Thread Karl Goetz
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:45:27 +0200 Rubén Rodríguez Pérez ru...@gnu.org wrote: I've realized that, as Firefox, Thunderbird points the users to addons.mozilla.org for extensions, a site listing non-free software. This must be avoided redirecting the users to a list of free add-ons. This can

Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

2009-06-09 Thread Richard Stallman
Since this is a very important kind of bug, could you please let me know when this is actually fixed? ___ gNewSense-dev mailing list gNewSense-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev