On 12/23/2010 3:21 PM, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
On 12/23/2010 02:30 PM, Matt Hayes wrote:
Since when does the FSF drive the project's focus?
openSUSE is not the only distribution that offers its users proprietary non-OSS software via 3rd party mirrors/repositories. Fedora/Ubuntu/CentOS are a few examples.
Let's be realistic now. While it would be great to have all Linux to be non proprietary, it won't happen. With codecs and some drivers that are needed to make some hardware and media to play, there has to be a compromise. The FSF needs to come to it's senses and realize that there has to be some room for compromise. Sadly, without some of the non-oss software, Linux would not have come this far. Could you actually suggest it to a friend for family member without it being able to play mp3's and other media? Or if their computer has hardware that requires closed source drivers, could you really suggest Linux to them if it won't work?
Well put Sir. -Matt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org