Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 17:16, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
> > Uh oh!!! Debian has non-free, yet RH (don't know about Enterprise,
> > though) from v1.0 all the way through 9.2 has *only* had FLOSS
> > s/w on it. Thus, to be pure, you should dump Debian, and go to
> > RH.
>
> non-free isn't part of Debian. (http://www.debian.org/social_contract)
>
> We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive
> for this software. The software in these directories is not part
> of the Debian system, although it has been configured for use with
> Debian.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably
a duck.

Which is why there have been so many discussions about removing it.

> > Or, are you a socialist (it's a free country*, after all), and
> > dislike free enterprise?
>
> Gee, before we get into this debate involving words like "socialist",
> "free country", "free enterprise", "extreme liberals", etc., I'd need
> to know a lot more about you. What are your premises?

?????

> Just because I say I prefer Debian and the freedoms of Free Software,
> I must be a socialist?

No. (I'm about as far from socialist as possible without belonging
to the John Birch Society, and I use, and appreciate, Debian.)

> Have you actually talked politics with rms?

A little.

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