diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100919/001900.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100919/001900.html | 104 |
1 files changed, 104 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100919/001900.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100919/001900.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bdb528f57 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20100919/001900.html @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20FSF%20backing%20would%20be%20a%20huge%20boost%20for%20Mageia&In-Reply-To=%3C0A5D5F12-B709-47BA-AA5E-50E3014CAE23%40gmail.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="001899.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="001902.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia</H1> + <B>SinnerBOFH</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20FSF%20backing%20would%20be%20a%20huge%20boost%20for%20Mageia&In-Reply-To=%3C0A5D5F12-B709-47BA-AA5E-50E3014CAE23%40gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia">sinnerbofh at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Sun Sep 19 05:03:00 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001899.html">[Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001902.html">[Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1900">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1900">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1900">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1900">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>I don't believe that adhering to FSF will provide anything to Mageia/Mandriva users. + +I'm used to PLF, Flash plug-ins, video drivers, excellent hardware detection and other things that are part of the Mandriva experience. + +Let's not shoot ourselves in the foot just for the sake of a small publicity stunt: if Debian doesn't make it to their list, I don't think we should even try. + +My 2cents. + +Salut, +Sinner + +On Sep 18, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Praveen A <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">pravi.a at gmail.com</A>> wrote: + +><i> Dear Mageia folks, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I believe getting FSF support for Mageia would be a huge boost for our +</I>><i> distro. Also there is no major distro in the list of FSF approved +</I>><i> distributions, yet. We could be the first major/established distro +</I>><i> (well we have the legacy from Mandrake days) there. We are very close +</I>><i> already, I believe we have to let go of only non-free firmware from +</I>><i> the kernel. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Here is the FSF guidelines +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html">http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Can we commit to these guidelines? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thanks +</I>><i> Praveen +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ +</I>><i> You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your +</I>><i> rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as +</I>><i> they follow the rules: laws and constitution. +</I>><i> _______________________________________________ +</I>><i> Mageia-discuss mailing list +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">Mageia-discuss at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss</A> +</I> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001899.html">[Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001902.html">[Mageia-discuss] FSF backing would be a huge boost for Mageia +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1900">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1900">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1900">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1900">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |