Free software (was: video driver?)

From	Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Free software (was: video driver?)
Date	2017-07-18 21:00 +0200
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Doug [2017-07-18 13:25:34-05] wrote:

> My point is that most of the folks who complain about code not being
> free to modify are not capable of modifying it, so why do they
> complain?

Free software has the advantage that it does not depend on just one
company and its interests. A free software community can maintain code
longer and can port it to different platforms. The community benefits
even if only some people actually modify the software.

Example: At some point Google stopped doing 32-bit builds for Google
Chrome browser (non-free software). Fortunately there is free Chromium
browser that Debian (or any free software community) gives much better
support for different architectures.

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video driver? "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2017-07-17 22:20 +0200
  Re: video driver? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-17 22:40 +0200
  Re: video driver? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-17 22:50 +0200
  Re: video driver? Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-07-17 23:10 +0200
    Re: video driver? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-18 05:40 +0200
      Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 07:50 +0200
        Re: video driver? RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-07-18 13:00 +0200
          Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 14:20 +0200
            Re: video driver? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 15:50 +0200
          Re: video driver? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-18 20:30 +0200
            Free software (was: video driver?) Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-07-18 21:00 +0200
              Re: Free software Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-07-19 02:20 +0200
                Re: Free software Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-07-19 02:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 03:30 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 02:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-19 03:40 +0200
                Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-19 14:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-19 06:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-19 06:40 +0200
                Re: Free software <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-19 10:40 +0200
                Re: Free software Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-19 10:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-20 01:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 02:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 03:30 +0200
                Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-20 13:40 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 15:00 +0200
                Re: Free software David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-20 22:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-20 20:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-21 02:30 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-20 00:20 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-20 03:10 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-22 04:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-22 05:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-22 07:10 +0200
                Re: Free software rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-22 13:30 +0200
                Re: Free software Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-07-22 14:50 +0200
                Re: Free software Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-22 17:00 +0200
                Re: Free software Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-07-20 13:40 +0200
            Re: video driver? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2017-07-18 21:20 +0200
            Re: video driver? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 21:30 +0200
              Re: video driver? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-18 22:10 +0200
                Re: video driver? "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-18 22:30 +0200
                Re: video driver? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-19 02:20 +0200
              Re: video driver? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-19 02:00 +0200
            Re: video driver? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-07-18 21:40 +0200

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