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Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages
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Tassilo Horn |
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Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages |
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Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:35:49 +0100 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> Indeed, Gentoo also ships non-free packages and has no simple
> switch to tell the package manager to never install non-free
> packages. But at least when installing a package, you can easily
> get a list of it and its dependencies including the licenses.
>
> This enables you to achieve, with a lot of effort,
> what free distros do automatically.
Please have a look at Jonas' and Ulrich's messages [1]. I wasn't aware
of the new Gentoo mechanism of accepting only free licenses. With that,
you can have a completely free system with no effort.
Bye,
Tassilo
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- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, (continued)
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Yavor Doganov, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Marek Aaron Sapota, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, David Kastrup, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Tassilo Horn, 2010/01/08
- Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages, Richard Stallman, 2010/01/08
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