RMS, Free software and the Ubuntu CDs

[Paul O'Malley]

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Daniel Carrera wrote:
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> Personally, I think that if this is the only non-free software in
> Ubuntu, then Ubuntu is doing pretty well. I admit I have mixed feelings
> about this. I /would/ like 100% free software, but am I willing to
> settle for 99.999% free software in order to get Ubuntu onto the masses?
> Well... yes... I am...  At some point you have to start being strategic
> about this. It's better to have 1 million people using 99.99% free
> software than having a thousand people using 100% free software.

It also may provide a message to those who continue to lock down the
drivers for hardware. We can improve our software with you. What are you
doing there that is a bug and here is the fix.

Regards,

Paul


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