Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-11 Thread Jasbir Khehra
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Onkar Shinde wrote: >> On 3/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> This is a follow up on the previous posts on piracy >>> >>> there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and >>> that it includes components (codecs etc )

Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onkar Shinde wrote: > On 3/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> This is a follow up on the previous posts on piracy >> >> there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and >> that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that >>

Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-11 Thread Onkar Shinde
On 3/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > This is a follow up on the previous posts on piracy > > there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and > that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that > basically go against the GNU/

Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-10 Thread Suraj N. Kurapati
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ubuntu also supports some proprietary software that is not part of the > kernel in a component called "Restricted." This is software, like the > NVIDA and ATI graphics card drivers, that can not be freely distributed. Ah yes, I agree that kernel drivers are a problem. I

Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Suraj N. Kurapati wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and >> that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that >> basically go against the GNU/Linux core FLOSS philosophy > > Incorrect. If what you claim

Re: [ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-10 Thread Suraj N. Kurapati
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and > that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that > basically go against the GNU/Linux core FLOSS philosophy Incorrect. If what you claim were indeed true, then I would be abl

[ubuntu-in] Subject of Proprietory Software(s) codecs etc on Ubuntu

2007-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi This is a follow up on the previous posts on piracy there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that basically go against the GNU/Linux core FLOSS philosophy comments !!! ram -- ubuntu-in mailing