Wow, have you heard of the free software movement? Please check out the
speeched of Richard Stallman at http://audio-video.gnu.org for some basic
Free Software 101 which I'll try to cover here.
he doesn't have the rights to those things
On the contrary: One of the key tenets of the free
He really doesn't have the rights to those things. Yes, one of the tenets of
the free software movement is that all software should be free, but not all
software is free. Your assertion that everyone has a right to the source code
of any software they have received implies that people are
I'd like to point out here that civilization is built on laws and regulations
that force people and corporations to do things they may not want to do in
order to promote common decency and the common good.
True freedom includes...
We're not discussing 'true freedom' but 'software freedom.' Society has
rules. Just like you can't drive on any road you want in any direction you
want at any speed you want at any time you want. We've decided we're better
off if there are rules to follow. The free
Well technically he doesn't have the rights to those things because they were
reserved by the corporation who sold him his computer, which can be a
problem. It was done legally so he has no rights to say, the source code of
his BIOS or the documentation necessary for making drivers, because
Can I test trisquel 7 64bit on my computer on an usb stick?
How do I test if my graphic card works like it is supposed to do?
If trisquel does not contain non free software and no mainboard works without
non free software, then how can it work?
Can I test trisquel 7 64bit on my computer on an usb stick?
Sure.
If trisquel does not contain non free software and no mainboard works
without non free software, then how can it work?
The mainboard will contain proprietary software in the form of the BIOS or
UEFI (depending on what kind
