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GNU Boot is not free software?

• viraptor 2y ago
  Sorry for the misunderstanding, I referred to the mentioned guix there, not boot.
  • kleiba 2y ago
    Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying, I was getting confused. But guix is free software, too, no?!
    • akerl_ 2y ago
      Yes. And the commenter is pointing out that if Guix has a bug, and the available fix is via non-free firmware, they will not pull in the fix. Users thus continue to be affected by the bug.
      • dullcrisp 2y ago
        They make it sound like they’ve discovered a secret
        • poincaredisk 2y ago
          They make it sound like they're dogmatic about their views, which of exactly what they claim. I, for contrast, use free software almost exclusively, but I have no moral problems with using proprietary drivers.
          • anthk 2y ago
            Drivers are software too.
            • kleiba 2y ago
              Hence "almost".
        • akerl_ 2y ago
          I think you’re reading further into this than is there.
      • kleiba 2y ago
        There's no reason a bug fix for a free software needs to be non-free.