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Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage?

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Date 19 Jul 2026 01:14:04 GMT
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On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:43:38 +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> Personally I consider the FSF position quixotic at best. Non-free
> firmware only runs if you have the relevant device. If you don’t have
> the device then it just sits harmlessly on disk - a minor waste of
> space, but not any kind of real-life infringement of end user freedoms
> of the kind the FSF cares about.

Quixote is Stallman's middle name. Eric Raymond had it right. Raymond is 
nothing if not divisive but if the FSF had its way our choices would be 
very limited.

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OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2026-07-09 13:43 +0800
  Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-09 05:52 +0000
    Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.duckdns.org> - 2026-07-16 05:10 +0000
      Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-16 05:36 +0000
        Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-16 02:30 -0400
  Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-07-17 19:51 +0000
    Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-17 23:02 +0000
      Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-17 21:40 -0400
        Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-18 05:39 +0000
          Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 14:54 +0100
            Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-18 20:28 +0000
          Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-18 22:30 -0400
    Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-18 19:33 +1000
      Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 12:45 +0100
        Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-07-18 22:38 -0400
      Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 14:55 +0100
        Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-18 20:46 +0000
          Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-18 22:43 +0100
            Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-19 01:14 +0000
      Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-07-18 16:40 +0000
        Re: OpenMandriva turmoil - sabotage? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-18 20:53 +0000

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