Re: [Trisquel-users] H-node

[chris]

Very true. Anything that helps people avoid non-free dependencies (and  
particularly those using non-free operating systems) is a good thing. People  
don't understand the issues with non-free software (either technical or  
ethical). It's particularly troubling on distributions which include non-free  
software. People blame “Linux” for there problems when it's the  
manufacturers who are the real problem. I think the free software stance is a  
good stance to take. I think I'd even take it a step farther though. I don't  
feel that we should hold free software back because some companies  
(NVIDIA/ATI) refuse to cooperate with the free software community. If users  
want to switch to free software teach them to buy free software friendly  
hardware. That creates a market and ultimately will solve the problems free  
software users (and others on GNU/Linux distributions which include non-free  
drivers/firmware) face.

One of the things I find humorous is Linus Torvalds stance on proprietary  
software. He accepts it into the kernel and then gets upset with companies  
like NVIDIA who are uncooperative and make hardware difficult to impossible  
to properly support.