www/distros distros.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/04/04 01:09:28

Modified files:
        distros        : distros.html 

Log message:
        Clarify the ideas.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: distros.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/distros/distros.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- distros.html        2 Mar 2012 20:13:42 -0000       1.17
+++ distros.html        4 Apr 2012 01:08:36 -0000       1.18
@@ -53,6 +53,40 @@
 thus make them entirely free software.
 </p>
 
+<h3 id="otherDistros">Why Is This Important?</h3>
+<p>
+When a GNU/Linux distro includes nonfree software, it causes two kinds
+of problems:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+If you install it, you may install and use nonfree software.
+<li>
+It gives people the wrong idea of what the goal is.
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+The developers of nonfree distros don't say, &ldquo;We apologize for
+the presence of nonfree components in our distribution.  We don't know
+what possessed us to include them.  We hope that next release we will
+keep our minds on freedom.&rdquo;  If they did, they would have less
+of a bad influence.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Instead, they generally present the nonfree software in their systems
+as a positive feature; they say that their goal is &ldquo;the best
+possible user experience&rdquo;, rather than freedom.  In other words,
+they convey a message directly opposed to the free software movement's
+core goal.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The fact that these distros don't deliver freedom is why we don't
+endorse them.  That they teach people not to value freedom is why
+we are strongly concerned about this issue.
+</p>
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -85,7 +119,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/03/02 20:13:42 $
+$Date: 2012/04/04 01:08:36 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>