Ubuntu is not free.

[Ouattara Aziz]

Alan McKinnon a écrit :
> On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 23:03 +0100, lastexyle wrote:
>> This "Free software only" ("free" meaning "GPL") mentality is exactly
>> what's holding Linux back and keeping it off the desktops of everyone
>> but enthusiasts. 
> 
> I've heard this line so many times I'm getting sick of hearing it.
> Here's the alternate view, and to my mind the more correct one:
> 
> The sole ONLY reason Linux exists AT ALL today is because of that very
> mentality. You have a free OS you can use because a great many people
> over many years point blank refused to accept any other option than free
> as in Libre.
> 
> If you taint it, it won't be free for long. We have made huge strides
> recently in freeing the OS from proprietary technologies, it can only
> improve from here. When big names in this industry like IBM, Sun, Novell
> start to pay attention to the principles of free software, we know we
> are onto a good thing.

I agree but what we have to keep in mind is that we can't be very fast 
releasing the last hardware driver or the last useful software on GPL. 
It takes time to develop and some manufacturers doesn't release their 
specs (I sometimes wonder why). So to be usable quickly by anyone Linux 
can have the non-free software/drivers available since when comes the 
time they can handle it well on GPL.

	

	
		
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