The story is on Phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMxOTc
On 03/08/2013 at 2:13 PM, "Hartmut Noack" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Am 08.03.2013 12:31, schrieb Kaj Ailomaa: >> On Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:16:17 +0100, <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >>> I've looked into rebasing my entire install directly on Debian >because of >>> first the Amazon mess, now the Mir mess, and finally word on >Phoronix >>> that Ubuntu is looking into supporting digital rights >management, hoping >>> to run on smartphones. They are abandoning the free and open >desktop- >>> and will HAVE to do so if they want to be a third commerical >smartphone >>> OS. >>> >>> >> >> There's no indication what so ever, of what I can see, that >Canonical is >> abandoning free software. >> >> Please read what Marc Shuttleworth wrote in response to a lot of >what has >> been going on lately. >http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1228 > >I fail to find anything of the above mentioned in this Blog-entry. >This >one only talks about the(quite odd) rolling-release idea. Not a >single >word on why a Shopping Lense is installed/active by default and >nothing >regarding DRM. > >Did he post something on these issues(after the September 23 post >about >amazon)? > >> >> IMO, all that has gone bad is communication. The suggestions and > >> announcements might have been presented at a better time, and in >a better >> way. People got a bit shocked when there were so many changes at >once, so >> suddenly announced, changing scheduled events that had been >planned for >> months. And to top it off, announcing a window X replacement. >Just bad >> timing, I think. >> >> Ubuntu has never been blocking non-free software. Rather the >other way >> around. However, the OS itself is free, and will always continue >to be. >> That is the pledge that Canonical has given, and I see no >indication to >> them taking back that pledge. >> >> Where do you draw the line? The kernel includes non-free >drivers. You are >> free to build your own version of the kernel, of course. >> Debian packages those separately, and puts them in a non-free >repo, but >> not Ubuntu. Why? For practical reasons. Most people rather just >have their >> wifi working right off the bat. >> >> I'm not going to use DRM. Again, can't say what a Ubuntu phone >will look >> like, but I find it hard to believe that one would be forced to >use such >> non-free software technology. >> >> That said, has anyone considered the dirty business around >hardware? >> Precious metals and all that? I don't know much about it, but I >think we >> could probably all agree on that all though the software is >free, doesn't >> mean the machine it runs on is a blessing to humanity. >> > > >-- >Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list >[email protected] >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
