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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Distros ready for final review by FSF
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Jean Louis |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Distros ready for final review by FSF |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Jul 2018 18:13:58 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.10.0 (2018-05-17) |
This checklist is on the page:
https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Hyperbola and it
looks as nice way to evaluate those incoming distros.
** FSDG Checklist for Hyperbola [/]
- [ ] Complete Distro
- [ ] No name confusion
- [ ] No other trademark issues
- [ ] Actively maintained
- [ ] Commitment to correct mistakes
- [ ] Avoids repeating propaganda or creating confusion
- [ ] Programs commonly known to have freedom issues are liberated or excluded
- [ ] No non-free firmware or binary blobs
- [ ] All software under a free license with source code provided
- [ ] Documentation under a free license
- [ ] Other "Information for practical use" under a free license
- [ ] All "non-functional" data must be freely distributable
- [ ] Does not encourage users to use or install non-free software
- [ ] No Malware
** Then:
1. Hyperbola, have the full checklist completed,
it should be evaluated.
2. Freenix, I cannot see it is actively
maintained, I cannot find bug handling page (I
believe there is), and there is no much
movement on the forum
There is issue of using Slackware and promoting
itself as expansion pack for Slackware.
Quote: "The project's primary goals are to
document all non-free software in Slackware
distribution, and to make it easy for users to
maintain a fully free OS based on Slackware."
from:
https://freenix.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start
That I do not go into lengthy details, in my
opinion, the checklist is not done for
Freenix. And I wish it would be.
3. LibertyBSD, contains only scripts to deblob
OpenBSD, on its source website:
https://notabug.org/libertybsd/ and it is
promoting OpenBSD as first word on their
website: https://libertybsd.net/ quoting:
"OpenBSD is universally known as an operating
system designed with security in mind, proudly
being able to say that it has had “Only two
remote holes in the default install, in a heck
of a long time!” However, OpenBSD ships with
several pieces of non-free, binary only
firmware in the base system, and depending on
the hardware detected, by default a script will
download more at first boot, without informing
the user of this. With a default installation,
you might end up using some of this non-free
firmware without even knowing it– and, if you
try to install additional software, you might
end up unwittingly installing non-free
programs. LibertyBSD is a “deblobbed” version
of OpenBSD. You can get all of the benefits of
OpenBSD, while being sure that there is nothing
non-free lurking in the depths of your system."
Further, I cannot see it is actively
maintained, and I cannot download sources.
That I don't go into lengthy more explanations,
I stop here.
In general out of those 3 incoming distros,
Hyperbola have got that checklist well done.
Jean