Ubuntu is not free.

[Alexander Skwar]

ubuntu at rio.vg schrieb:
> meets at free.fr wrote:
>> 
>> _Translation_ : 
>> knowing that it's not easy to install a proprietary
>> software does not interest me. What interest me is to get the
>> information. So, if I wish, I can install, for example, the ipw2100-fw
>> driver, I invoke pacman -S ipw2100-fw. On the other hand, a message
>> warns me that the driver is not free. Far from the Ubuntu methods ;)".
>> 
> 
> Please write a new ipw2100 firmware in a clean room environment and
> release it under the GPL,

Would this actually be good enough? I seem to remember, that MP3 codecs
(or just "decs", ie. decoders) which were developed in a clean room
environment would still be covered by the patent.

But I might be wrong. I hope, that I'm wrong...

Alexander Skwar
-- 
Im Endeffekt war alles cooler als letztes Jahr, obwohl
ich bis Donnerstag dachte, das es nicht geht.
		-- Igor Gilitschenski