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It is a religion at this point. Political views have parties and parties have supporters. FSF is more like a cult that has followers. How else do you explain
by wheelerof4te 5y ago
It is a religion at this point.
Political views have parties and parties have supporters. FSF is more like a cult that has followers.
How else do you explain their rejection to include Debian as a fully free distro?
- h2odragon 5y agoConsistent application of principles doesn't make a "cult". Its just so rare you may be unfamiliar with the difference. Make a fork of their code with your preferred changes. The world will be improved and people who agree with you will be happy.
- mbakke 5y agoDebian is rejected because it has an official, endorsed "non-free" repository. That does not fulfill the GNU FSDG: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guideli... Specifically, "A free system distribution must not steer users towards obtaining any nonfree information for practical use, or encourage them to do so." This is a political stance based on rational arguments and has nothing to do with religion.
- rollcat 5y agoAnd by Debian's definition, some of FSF's own packages are non-free (notably, the documentation), so you have to explicitly opt-in to installing that. I wish both of them directed their efforts towards more pragmatic problems, like making their software more accessible. In the rest of the world, freedom is usually a function of accessibility.
- rlopezcc 5y ago> Political views have parties [citation needed] Political views MAY have parties. I agree to some extent with the cult argument though.