systemd binaries are dependent on systemd and replaces programs that
did not have such dependencies. It is creating similar situation as
vendor lock-in is creating.
That is the case with any system, things depend on things -- what is
important is not to depend on non-free software.
> If systemD is be hard to replace, that is a kind of lock-in. But it
> isn't _vendor_ lock-in. systemD, like most free software packages,
> is not tied to any particular vendor. Indeed, the usual concept of
> "vendor" for free software is not applicable to free software at all.
Can everyone move this discussion elsewhere? Seeing that this is not
related to the GNU system or Guix.
Hasn't RMS already officially stepped down?
He resigned from the FSF board, he is still Chief GNUisance.
What position does he hold within today's GNU project other than
being a wise old person (wise with respect to his topics of
expertise) who is respected a lot?
While the GNU pro
> GNU GSD (Guix System Distribution) is a GNU-based operating
> system,
Please recall that we are not using the term "GSD" to refer to the
Guix-based distro. Please stop posting messages which presuppose
we are using that term.
People will most probobly continue to use
