Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
>
> Well...nvidia drivers are "free" as no cost. So, I'm confused.
Look up the definition of non-free software.
Who's definition? When a term can be ambiguous it is of little value to me.
> You say "Free software projects" but I think you mean
"OpenSource" or
> maybe
> your definition of "Free" is different than mine.
Free as in freedom. Not free as in gratis.
> While an opensouce project "can" route around such damage it doesn't
mean
> they "will".
The opportunity is clearly more. That certainly counts as an advantage
especially for distributions who have to fix bugs or include enhancements.
The opportunity may be there...but it doesn't mean (at least to me) that it
counts as a slam dunk advantage. Sorry, I tend not to be overly religious
on these sort of issues.