[GNU-linux-libre] dyne:III and a text on linux-libre

[Jaromil]

re all,

yesterday I've managed to release dyne:bolic 3.0.0 codename MUNIR
which represents a new course of development for our distribution,
also thanks to the review and suggestions contributed here.

here is the full release announcement:
http://ftp.dyne.org/dynebolic/README

Now I'm not writing you to announce the release also here :) trying my
best to not be a spammer in these occasions :) rather than point your
attention to a part of the text in the release which might be
interesting to expand and maybe adopt for projects like
http://h-node.com

Here below is the text I'm talking about: it elaborats a comparison
between the food system industry and the influence of patents and
proprietary technologies to that of the software world, so that it can
show the ethical reasons moving us to remove anything that is not 100%
free, also at the price of supporting less hardware (one of the most
common objections to our choice..)

Your comments and corrections are welcome, please also consider I'm
not a native english speaker..





It doesn't works on my computer! some cards are not found... 
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A big difference between dyne:bolic and other popular operating
systems around is that we adopt only 100% free software, which means
our system is free from proprietary software. The result is that we
can provide support for less hardware cards (video, network, wireless
and such): just those working transparently, following a well
documented protocol and running free and open source drivers that make
it clear to everyone what the device is doing. It is frustrating on
the short term to have such a limited hardware support, but we think
is worth on the long term because it gives everyone the freedom to
study, adapt and modify software and hardware and to clearly know what
is happening inside our machines.

* Why freedom is better on the long term? 
  
  To explain why this is important, let us propose you an example in a
  different context, that of food production: many farmers in the World
  have been told by the global mega-corporations that by buying and
  using their proprietary chemicals and seeds their farms would be more
  productive.  The result of this corporate fraud is that farmers become
  dependent from foreign and proprietary chemicals and seeds: they are
  often genetically modified so that plants won't produce more seeds,
  plus they are protected by patents so that farmers themselves cannot
  study, adapt and redistribute the technology they are using.  It even
  gets worst, since these proprietary and globalised products cannot be
  appropriate to the contexts they are used: not even the promise of
  productivity is maintained and the soil gets poisoned by the ignorance
  and inability of the mega-corporations that will never be able to
  supply very different needs around the world.
  
  Now, back to your computer :^) think of how important is the
  technology you use to build your social interaction online, your
  digital productions and audio/video creations. As the importance of
  this technology grows in your life, so it grows the power of the
  mega-corporations which are acting unethically by locking you out of
  your own device, denying your freedom to study, modify, adapt and
  redistribute all what you use. On the long term you will find yourself
  depending from these technologies and being limited by them, you will
  not be able to evolve and use your knowledge and skills at their full
  potential. You'll be a mental slave trained to say yes to license
  agreements progressively corroding your rights and interacting with
  prefabricated interfaces which will limit your freedom and squeeze out
  your time and money while doing that.
  
  That's why we consciously eliminate support for the hardware that
  closes you up in such traps. For instance if you are a digital artist,
  using dyne:bolic or other 100% free operating systems you can be sure
  that your creations can be preserved in time, without being held
  hostage of proprietary technologies needed to reproduce them.
  
* Ok! so you think you're smart, hu? what should I do then?! 
  
  Next time you buy technology, think twice and choose wisely! here is a
  useful initiative you can visit to find out which hardware is well
  supported by free software: [http://www.h-node.com]
  
  Liberate yourself from mental slavery!
  
  





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