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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Oct 29 05:36:47 UTC 2007
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Again, Fedora will only include Free and open source software.
>>> Supporting non-free software is any manner is a explicit non-objective.
>>>
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Objectives
>>
>> We all know that the real objective of fedora is to get a lot of users
>> to do the beta testing on what will be the next RHEL after which they
>> quickly stop supporting those tested versions and move on. Maybe they
>> get enough testers without having to be bothered making it convenient
>> for nvidia, vmware, etc. users.
>
> Promoting Free and open source software is a well recognized objective
> of Fedora. You might choose to ignore it and insert your own
> perspective. Doesn't change the fact that Fedora isn't interested in
> supporting proprietary software.
There's a big difference in 'supporting' proprietary software and
shooting the feet out from under your own users that depend on it.
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Les Mikesell
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