[GNU-linux-libre] Non-FSDG endorsements by FSF (was: Request for Endorsement for ConnochaetOS)

[Henry Jensen]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:27:53 -0500
Quiliro Ordóñez <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 23/08/11 03:42, Henry Jensen wrote:

> > The naming situation in BSD is not like the situation in GNU/Linux.
> > "FreeBSD"is the whole system, kernel + userland. The kernel alone is
> > just called "the FreeBSD kernel". And even if they referred only to the
> > kernel, as far as I know the situation with non-free blobs in the
> > FreeBSD kernel is even worse than with the Linux Kernel.
> 
> I agree. It should not be mentioned as endorsed. A comment should be 
> included as with other non-free distros.

I just saw that FreeBSD seems to be removed now from the list. But the BSD 
daemon is still in the "free software gang" logo. Hold on, it seems, that even 
OpenBSDs "Puffy" is there:

http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/working/w/charac-more.png

Also on the list is Thunderbird, 
http://www.fsf.org/working-together/gang/thunderbird, which recommends non-free 
software, according to 
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#Thunderbird

Regards,

Henry