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Notices tagged with freesoftware, page 36

  1. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:14:44 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr Freed-ora is just RPM packaging of GNU Linux-libre, which in turn is just a Linux source Free distro
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:14:44 EST from identi.ca permalink
  2. csolisr (csolisr)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:14:13 EST csolisr csolisr
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    • lxoliva
    @lxoliva #Trisquel and #Parabola ship IceCat/ABrowser/IceWeasel-Libre for all of the aforementioned reasons.
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:14:13 EST from identi.ca at 9°55'57"N 84°10'57"W permalink
  3. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:13:26 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr BLAG contains all of Freed-ora, so no. you seem to have got the idea (maybe from me?) that Freed-ora is more than a Linux distro
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:13:26 EST from identi.ca permalink
  4. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:11:04 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr some people love to find reasons to smear us, and “forbidding installation of software” is a frequent misrepresentation
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:11:04 EST from identi.ca permalink
  5. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:09:40 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr I think I know what you mean and if so I agree with it, but we have to be careful with our wording
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:09:40 EST from identi.ca permalink
  6. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:09:00 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    @csolisr ... (iv) and that any distro shipping Firefox ships non-Free Software
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:09:00 EST from identi.ca permalink
  7. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:08:21 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr ... (iii) that Firefox is non-Free because it allows that ...
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:08:21 EST from identi.ca permalink
  8. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:08:05 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    @csolisr ... (ii) that allowing nonFS to be installed is a problem ...
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:08:05 EST from identi.ca permalink
  9. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:07:43 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr several incorrect conclusions could be drawn from your statements: (i) that Freed-ora ships Firefox ...
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:07:43 EST from identi.ca permalink
  10. csolisr (csolisr)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:07:24 EST csolisr csolisr
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    • lxoliva
    @lxoliva At least we do agree that #BLAG is more freedom-compliant than Freedora, right?
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:07:24 EST from identi.ca at 9°55'57"N 84°10'57"W permalink
  11. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:05:33 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr I didn't say they didn't encourage them, just that the problem was not in the allowing their installation
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:05:33 EST from identi.ca permalink
  12. csolisr (csolisr)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:01:50 EST csolisr csolisr
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    • lxoliva
    @lxoliva They do encourage it. Haven't you seen Mozilla's list of "must-have" addons at their site? Many of them are non-free.
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 10:01:50 EST from identi.ca at 9°55'57"N 84°10'57"W permalink
  13. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 09:59:25 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr although Fedora's shipping Firefox fails the FSDG for that, that doesn't make Firefox non-Free Software
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 09:59:25 EST from identi.ca permalink
  14. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 09:59:06 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr allowing is not the problem, encouraging is
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 09:59:06 EST from identi.ca permalink
  15. csolisr (csolisr)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 09:55:11 EST csolisr csolisr
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    • lxoliva
    @lxoliva There are programs with addon repositories that do allow installing non-free software, like Firefox.
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 09:55:11 EST from identi.ca at 9°55'57"N 84°10'57"W permalink
  16. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 07:43:37 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    @csolisr plus, any non-free software in Fedora (aside from firmware double-think) would be a violation of their own policy; got evidence?
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 07:43:37 EST from identi.ca permalink
  17. lxoliva (lxoliva)'s status on Friday, 18-Jan-2013 07:39:35 EST lxoliva lxoliva
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    • csolisr
    @csolisr no, it doesn't include any such thing. Freed-ora is a libre distribution of Linux, not of GNU/Linux
    Friday, 18-Jan-2013 07:39:35 EST from identi.ca permalink
  18. thelastproject (thelastproject)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jan-2013 14:57:52 EST thelastproject thelastproject
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    • bad cam
    I'm sure we all still respect him after this. He's a great man, and I feel honored to have learnt about !freesoftware due to him.
    Thursday, 17-Jan-2013 14:57:52 EST from identi.ca at 52°31'29"N 5°43'5"E permalink
  19. guido (guido)'s status on Thursday, 17-Jan-2013 11:05:33 EST guido guido
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    "Verso una Scuola Open" conference about !fs in !education going on in Trento, #italy http://ur1.ca/cjwyl Is anybody there?
    Thursday, 17-Jan-2013 11:05:33 EST from identi.ca at 50°10'43"N 8°44'15"E permalink
  20. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jan-2013 17:31:25 EST DJ Dougernaut DJ Dougernaut
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    Does anyone know anything about http://www.mirthcorp.com/community/source-code ? I just got asked about it by a "Health IT Analyst"
    Wednesday, 16-Jan-2013 17:31:25 EST from 280.status.net at 43°12'29"N 71°32'15"W permalink
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Free software is software that provides the users with the freedom to use, study, modify and redistribute it with or without modifications.

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  • 1 #Freesoftware
    • 1.1 Primary audience
    • 1.2 Definition
    • 1.3 Related links

#Freesoftware

Primary audience

all, free software advocates, Linux users

Definition

Free software or software libre is software that guarantees the freedom to be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and the freedom to be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things and that manufacturers of consumer-facing hardware allow user modifications to their hardware. Free software in most cases is also available gratis (free of charge). However the focus of the term "free" is on freedom. R. Stallman summarised the difference in a slogan: "Think free as in free speech, not free beer."

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