From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rofcq-0005dy-6s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:25:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11650E0968; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:24:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-out.neti.ee (smtp-out.neti.ee [194.126.126.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB557E094C for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vm-relay7.estpak.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id E200985C for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:23:53 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at vm-relay7.estpak.ee Received: from smtp-out.neti.ee ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vm-relay7.estpak.ee [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GjjRrQKKxGbz for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:23:50 +0200 (EET) Received: from mail.neti.ee (neti-relayhost2.estpak.ee [88.196.174.199]) by vm-relay7.estpak.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D7F832 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:23:50 +0200 (EET) Received-SPF: Neutral (access neither permitted nor denied) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=90.191.204.24; helo=[192.168.1.76]; envelope-from=leio@gentoo.org; receiver=gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-SMTP-Auth-NETI-Businessmail: no Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Free Gentoo From: Mart Raudsepp To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:23:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1327170236.22038.14.camel@daedalus.lan> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: f95a35a6-33cb-41cf-82d5-c0bc28b9f02a X-Archives-Hash: a421e845b85439a1b17c4e2424bb0808 Hello, On L, 2012-01-21 at 21:01 +0300, . wrote: > Hello there! > > Is there a chance that Gentoo may become a free distro? You have all the tools available to only install FSF approved licensed packages through the ACCEPT_LICENSE and related features. I'm sure maintainers don't mind fixing license tags based on bug reports if some are incorrect at places. A Gentoo based distribution called Ututo GNU/Linux may be of interest to you. > I'm so unhappy with the fact that there are some non-free packages in > the main tree. Some of us need to get actual work done, and doing so without being seriously impeded may require non-free software, or for even being able to use their hardware. Not all people are so radically viewed - meanwhile we provide the means to achieve what you need per the above mentioned ACCEPT_LICENSE stuff. > The main goal of the GNU project was to replace the proprietary Unix system. > You are actually ruining this goal. We are not paid by the FSF to achieve its goals. We are volunteers getting our stuff done, developing a distribution to fit our needs and minding our own business. > I'm also dissatisfied with the name of the distro. Linux is the kernel > not the whole system. Feel free to go discuss that on the gentoo-users mailing list or the forums. Here we'd like to get work done, and many of us want to be able to easily use and configure open source and free software, not spend hours on discussing and fighting about open source beliefs versus more radical free software philosophies. We provide the means, and e.g Ututo distribution and thousands of Gentoo users make use of it. Best Regards, Mart Raudsepp Gentoo Linux developer, GNOME team