>Nothing bad can come from this.
Except a huge Digital Restrictions Management blob. Steam is one of the
largest forms of DRM online. While it is great that Valve is supporting
GNU/Linux, it is not good enough to give them a free pass simply because it
will attract new users to Free software.
>Stallman's view is actually limiting freedom by him telling you to stay
away. True freedom is knowing about free software and having the choice to
stay away from certain types of software even if you may miss out in awesome
entertainment.
This is almost verbatim what supporters of proprietary software say about the
GNU GPL and Free software. It is also in the same vein as viewing the BSD
licences as 'more Free' than copyleft licenses such as the GPL. This is not
good enough, as proprietary software developers can get Free code and
restrict the freedom of others by issuing it under a nonfree licence.
t3g, I see you post quite a fair bit in this forum, and I am happy to see
people use and discuss Free software, but I can't help but notice that a lot
of the posts you make are 'just to stir the pot' as they say? Perhaps a
distribution such as Debian GNU/Linux would be more in line with your values,
as you can choose to install nonfree software quite easily. It also uses a
stock Linux kernel (with firmware blobs), which are required for 3D
acceleration if using AMD/Nvidia graphics (Intel graphics are free from this
problem, I believe).
