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On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 05:58:51PM +0000, Ben Goodger wrote: > "People who don't use the proprietary network drivers included with Ubuntu > because they're proprietary are idiots, as they have given up vital > functionality for a side issue." I disagree. Would that make anyone who chose to install gNewSense, which removes those same drivers an idiot as well? The fact that Ubuntu Feisty will ship with binary drivers is not a small issue, nor one that should be taken lightly. It is removing the freedoms of users for the sake of convience and should be avoided. The purpose of the system is to have a system that is completely free software, and while users cannot be forced to not install proprietary software, it is irresponsible of distributions to include and install proprietary software by default, or to make that software available for installation as part of the system. matt -- Matt Lee Chief Webmaster, GNU Project - http://www.gnu.org/ - Free as in Freedom Free Software Foundation - Free Software, Free Society - http://www.fsf.org/
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