Some observations

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy">

> But flat refusal to accommodate basic user needs (such as MP3 and DVD
> playback) without providing a valid alternative (such providing a working
> free version of the software in question and/or giving user a choice to
> easily install non-free version) together with lack of flexibility,
> however honorable are the intentions is  not an acceptable combination for
> my use of Linux.

There has been no flat refusal to accommodate or provide an alternative.
Indeed, there is documentation on the wiki provided by other users that will
help you use technology that we cannot support or distribute. There is more
to this than "philosophy".

- Jeff

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