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Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages
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Marek Aaron Sapota |
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Re: Gentoo GNU/Linux and non-free packages |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:06:22 -0500 |
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On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 05:49:13PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Well, that hardly qualifies as an still standing argument. As soon as
> the new package manager version is stable, it's only a matter of what
> defaults the Gentoo devs choose as acceptable licenses. I guess, they
> will choose only FSF and OSI approved licenses.
>
> Are you saying that the Gentoo developers might soon delete all the
> ports for non-free programs from Gentoo? That could make it a 100%
> free distro, and we might be able to endorse it. (We would have to
> check for blobs in their version of Linux.)
Gentoo devs have already chosen - by default it is everything that
doesn't require explicit agreement from user and this aren't only FSF
and OSI approved licenses. As reference:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152593
It is possible to use only Free Software with Gentoo but it isn't that
easy:
- packages have non-free dependences, sometimes programs compile fine
without them, but they are pulled in anyway
- some free "alternatives" are only in additional repositories
- predefined license groups (for example FSF approved) are not complete
- some packages have wrong licenses (usually license is named after the
package even if it really is for example GPL)
Gentoo isn't even close to being a Free Distribution in FSF sense, I
have no idea why some people treat it as such.
Happy hacking
Marek Aaron Sapota
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