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Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux

From John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux
Date 2013-06-03 07:49 -0500
Organization Dancing Horse Hill
Message-ID <87fvwzl5qa.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> (permalink)
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Aragorn writes:
> What I meant was that Debian could possibly - and please do note the
> suggestive rather than declarative nature of the term "possibly" -
> wants to placate the FSF as an organization.

That's part of what is hilarious.

> After all, if Debian truly wanted to stay true to the FSF's ideals and
> the FSF's definition of Free Software...

The Debian Free Software Guidelines define Free Software for Debian.
They exclude documents licensed under the FSF's GFDL.  The FSF
disapproves of "non-free".  Well, that's their opinion.

The FSF and Debian are two distinct, independent organizations.  They
share many values but have many differences.  Neither is the creature of
the other.  Neither has any control over the other.

And the notion that Debian depends on the FSF for money is *truly*
hilarious.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

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Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux White Spirit <wulfgar1976@gmail.com> - 2013-06-03 01:33 -0700
  Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2013-06-03 07:49 -0500
    Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-06-03 15:46 +0000
      Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-06-03 17:18 +0100
        Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-06-03 17:08 +0000
          Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-06-03 19:37 +0100
            Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-06-03 19:40 +0000
              Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-06-03 21:48 +0100
              Re: Recommended distro to install for a newcomer to Linux notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-06-03 23:03 +0000

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