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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/distros common-distros.html |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:55:01 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 18/09/18 09:55:01
Modified files:
distros : common-distros.html
Log message:
Put list of non-GNU distros in alphabetical order.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/common-distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.109&r2=1.110
Patches:
Index: common-distros.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/distros/common-distros.html,v
retrieving revision 1.109
retrieving revision 1.110
diff -u -b -r1.109 -r1.110
--- common-distros.html 18 Sep 2018 13:53:52 -0000 1.109
+++ common-distros.html 18 Sep 2018 13:55:01 -0000 1.110
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@
<p>Here we discuss some well-known or significant non-GNU/Linux system
distros that do not qualify as free.</p>
+<h3 id="Android">Android</h3>
+
+<p><a href="/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html">Android</a> as
+released by Google contains many nonfree parts as well as many free
+parts. Most of the free parts are covered by a pushover license (not
+<a href="/licenses/copyleft.html">copyleft</a>), so manufacturers that
+distribute Android in a product sometimes make those parts nonfree as
+well.</p>
+
<h3 id="BSD">BSD systems</h3>
<p>FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD all include instructions for obtaining
@@ -248,22 +257,8 @@
“contain no blobs”, it causes a misunderstanding. They are not
talking about firmware blobs.</p>
-<p>No BSD distribution has policies against proprietary binary-only
-firmware that might be loaded even by free drivers.</p>
-
-<h3 id="Haiku">Haiku</h3>
-
-<p>Haiku includes some software that you're not allowed to modify. It
-also includes nonfree firmware blobs.</p>
-
-<h3 id="Android">Android</h3>
-
-<p><a href="/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html">Android</a> as
-released by Google contains many nonfree parts as well as many free
-parts. Most of the free parts are covered by a pushover license (not
-<a href="/licenses/copyleft.html">copyleft</a>), so manufacturers that
-distribute Android in a product sometimes make those parts nonfree as
-well.</p>
+<p>None of those BSD distributions has policies against proprietary
+binary-only firmware that might be loaded even by free drivers.</p>
<h3 id="ChromeOS">Chrome OS</h3>
@@ -275,6 +270,11 @@
<p>/e/ (formerly eelo) is a modified version of Android,
which contains nonfree libraries.</p>
+<h3 id="Haiku">Haiku</h3>
+
+<p>Haiku includes some software that you're not allowed to modify. It
+also includes nonfree firmware blobs.</p>
+
<h3 id="LineageOS">LineageOS</h3>
<p>LineageOS (formerly CyanogenMod) is a modified version of Android,
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/09/18 13:53:52 $
+$Date: 2018/09/18 13:55:01 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>