On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 04:23:05PM +0000, Alan wrote: > > We are hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to > > join the Ubuntu community - in any capacity, including developers and > > package maintainers. If you want to find out how Ubuntu works, how to > > contribute or participate, or how to get specific items addressed, there > > will be something for you. I’ll also be on IRC on Tuesday 28th to answer > > any questions you may have of me specifically, such as Luis’ questions > > about our position on software patents. > > Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. We have "lets ship probably > illegal binary modules with the next version of the OS" lecturing people > who struck a deal with Microsoft which is borderline on the GPL. Once upon a time, "probably illegal" was not the same as "illegal", and there used to be a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. This was back in the days of Magna Carta and bills of rights. Of course the Bush and Blair governments have done as much as they can to drop those concepts down the memory hole. There is no need to follow that lead here. Until such time as Nvidia, ATI, et al., tell Mr. Shuttleworth and his merry band otherwise, shipping those binaries with Ubuntu is fine with me. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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