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Richard Stallman on "World Domination 201"

libervis.com — "To "argue" in favor of adding non-free software in GNU/Linux distros is almost superfluous, since that's what nearly all of them have already done. This reflects the general spinelessness of our community."

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  • baalzebub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2no guts no glory...
  • schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3RMS: "I cannot agree to that compromise, and my experience teaches me that it won't be temporary. I have never seen a case of a distro that has intentionally included non-free software and later removed it."

    I tend to agree with him. You can give to your userbase features while it's harder to retract them.
  • CurtHowland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3RMS: "I cannot agree to that compromise, and my experience teaches me that it won't be temporary."

    Where was RMS when Neville Chamberlain needed him??

    (I know, not born yet)
  • trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was against the inclusion of binary ATI and Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu until I actually read the specification:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverEducation

    If people are going to install proprietary blobs anyways it is better to have them at least know what is wrong with them and how to avoid proprietary hardware. I believe that the Ubuntu's plan, if implemented correctly, could accomplish the task of promoting openenly documented hardware and greater adoption at the same time.
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