Max Spevack wrote:
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Josh Boyer wrote:
It might be worth pointing out some of the stuff Unbuntu will do that
Fedora cannot given it's stance on things like MP3 support and binary
modules. They provide explicit instructions on how to install the
necessary packages from official Unbuntu repositories. They have a
small statement as to why these aren't enabled by default, but that
doesn't make much of a statement IMHO.
So while it might "just work" in Unbuntu, it comes at a cost some are
not willing to pay. Basically, you can use it as a way to further
impress upon the masses Fedora's commitment to FOSS.
Is there a place where Ubuntu actually lays out their official policy on
that stuff? I wouldn't want to throw that part of an answer in without a
link.
--Max
Their wiki is full of information on non-free software including
detailed instructions such as these despite stated philosophies on other
pages
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto
Commercial (read non-free repository)
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/07/06/02/
Micheal Tiemann pointed out that Ubuntu is also distributing Nvidia
drivers within their CD's despite their claims on only doing Free software
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2006-April/msg00170.html
Mark ShuttleWorth confirmed that they do and he denies that it is a GPL
violation since they do dynamic linking in
http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2006/debconf6/theora-small/2006-05-15/tower/Ubuntu_annual_report-Mark_Shuttleworth.ogg
Debian too has a non-free repository which they deny is "officially"
part of Debian.
When you refer to distributions having a common goal, its good to point
out that our goals are not so common and Fedora has a much more stronger
commitment to Free software (which the current work done by Spot is
going to make more explicit and clean).
Rahul
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