Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Mr. S. Zacchiroli, Debian and gNS3...

[Jason Self]

ben <address@hidden> wrote ..
> 
> You'll have to be active to put non-free software on your computer. And you
> do it consciously by activating a non-free repo, which is clearly marked as 
> non-free.
> 
> I don't want to argue that it is sufficient. But it is definitely more
> than you say. It'll also - and in particular - be big help for gns.
> 
> You say that it is still easy to install non-free software on debian.
> yeah, right, but with the same ease you can install the same software on
> gns. and that doesn't make gns non-free.
> 
> there was a discussion about deltas to take care off. this is a big
> delta less. so it's a big step forward.

Thank you. Evaluating the impact on gNewSense was beyond the scope of my email. 
I only wanted something out there for those that see this & think that Debian 
is now free as of Squeeze (there are already many who think that the only 
problem with Debian is the kernel.)

IIRC, non-free is activated by default unless you run the installer in Expert 
mode, in which case it asks if it should be enabled or not.

Either way, there's a big difference, IMHO, between the user deciding to 
install non-free software on their own accord versus, for example, the computer 
software (or the distro's own documentation) asking if they want to use it.