On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:19:32 +0400 Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 07:40:27AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:17:32 +1100 > > Charlie <aries...@skymesh.com.au> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:59:10 +0400 "Reco recovery...@gmail.com" sent > > > this: > > > > > > > > > > >On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:25:06PM -0400, Doug wrote: > > > >> I think these FSF guys are nuts! > > > > > > > >May be. But they are right kind of nuts in today's crazy world. > > > > ... > > > > > I agree with Reco. FSF: The right kind of nuts. > > > > > > What kind of software do people want? The kind that puts them on the > > > drip feed even after they pay the first time? They can have that if > > > they want. Linux people use Linux because they don't want that. They > > > are not forbidden to use it, much of it is not in Linux, but the choice > > > to use it is there in other operating systems. > > > > > > I've never tried mint because Debian does what I want/need/desire. The > > > grass is green enough here, I have no need to journey to the fence. > > > > The point here is that the FSF, who you consider "the right kind of > > nuts", *discourages* you from using Debian. > > GNU are free to express their option about 'freeness' of Debian. > GNU are free to make their distribution based on Debian suited to their Okay, and I am free to express my opinion about FSF's stance on freeness and Debian. > taste. > Note, that GNU approach to the software worked for 30 years, and did so > successfully. I freely concede that I owe the GNU / FSF a great debt. > Debian project is free to express their option about GNU. > Debian project may take GNU position into a consideration (removal of > firmware blobs from Linux kernel is a fine example of that), or ignore > it (invariants in GNU documentation are non-compliant with DFSG). > Note, that Debian approach to the software worked for 20 years, and did > so successfully. > > Debian uses GNU software, GNU uses Debian as a base for one of their > Linux distribution and a primary development platform for GNU/Hurd. Both > are more or less happy with this situation. > > You, for some strange reason - is not. FSF is clearly not happy about Debian's policies, and I am not happy about their unhappiness. Not sure why you, for some strange reason, are unhappy with my unhappiness. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131030192126.79c93f2d07442b3c6371e...@gmail.com
