[FSF India] RH, SuSE etc
Raju Mathur
raju@linux-delhi.org
Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:15:22 +0530 (IST)
>>>>> "Khuzaima" == Khuzaima A Lakdawala <klak@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in> writes:
Khuzaima> [snip]
Khuzaima> Why are some GNU/Linux distributions considered
Khuzaima> "unethical" by some? Well, because they add non-free,
Khuzaima> proprietary applications in the garb of "value
Khuzaima> addition". Basically, these are businesses which are
Khuzaima> trying to get a free ride on the "Linux bandwagon" and
Khuzaima> don't really have anything to do with the ideals of Free
Khuzaima> Software.
You may be right for some distributions, but that's not strictly
correct. Red Hat and SuSE, for example, produce large amounts of free
source code while adding non-free proprietary applications to their
distributions. Sweeping generalisations (``Debian is good, everybody
else is a thief'' variety) tend to make their containing arguments
lose whatever merit they may have had.
-- Raju
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