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On 25/03/07, Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/25/07, Matt Lee <mattl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jonathan Roberts wrote: > > > > > Matt: I do agree with a lot of the Free Software foundation's ideas > > > but the distributions they promote seems a bit suspect to me; > > > certainly the fact that they're not promoting Fedora yet they are > > > gNewSense. From following the Fedora project it seems they are making > > > concerted efforts to be Free, as is gNewSense - neither distribution > > > is yet completely free from proprietary applications as I understand > > > it. > > > > As I understand, Fedora are still shipping binary firmwares, but > > are actively working on removing this, they also have some > > policies which allow any OSI-licensed software into their > > distribution, including some licenses considered to be non-free, > > but as I understand it, this too is being worked on. > > BY GOD, FEDORA ALLOW OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE! > BLACKLIST!! > > You know, the world doesn't revolve around the FSF's political agenda. > Indeed, nothing presents a poor image of the GNU/Linux community better than > whiners like yourself. The same might be said of people who aggressively defend their views without pausing to consider the perspective of others on mailing lists. It's the same as the RTFM attitude that has turned countless people of sticking with free software because they don't feel they can get access to help and advice without being attacked by some faceless geek. Jon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html